Crusty Top, Sour Cream Pound Cake

By cnash

This is my favorite pound cake. This recipe came out of a book called, Bell's Best. A friend in Augusta, Georgia gave me this cookbook. This makes a good cake for strawberry shortcake.

Ingredients

• 1 cup oleo
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 80mins
Adapted from baking.food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Sift flour and measure; resift twice with soda. 2 Set aside. 3 Cream oleo and add the sugar slowly, beating constantly to cream well. 4 Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. 5 Stir in sour cream. 6 Add flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well. 7 Stir in vanilla and turn batter into a well greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. 8 Bake in 325°F oven about 1 1/2 hours. 9 Place pan on rack to cool 5 minutes. 10 Loosen cake around edge of pan. 11 Turn cake onto rack to cool completely.