Gramma Mary's Famous Sour Cream Poundcake
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Hands down, this is the poundcake of your dreams!
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. unsalted, good quality butter, room temp
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 cup full fat sour cream
  • 3 cups of all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda,(yes just ¼ teaspoon!)
  • 1 heaping teaspoon, vanilla
  • powdered sugar for dusting the cake
Instructions
  1. In a large mixing bowl. beat the butter with the sugar until nice and creamy.
  2. Add the eggs one at a time, add vanilla and mix well to combine.
  3. In a small bowl whisk flour, baking soda and salt.
  4. Add the flour mixture alternately with the sour. cream into the big mixing bowl, beating on a very low speed.
  5. Make sure you beat the flour mixture on low speed otherwise the cake will be light and not like a poundcake at all.
  6. Batter will be quite thick, spoon it into large buttered tube pan.
  7. Tap the pan so that the batter lays even in the pan and smooth the top out.
  8. Bake at 350 for 1 hour - to an hour and 15 minutes, depending on your oven, so check after 1
  9. hour.
  10. Let it cool until you see the sides loosen then invert on a rack and continue to let it cool.
  11. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top, cake should be completely cooled before slicing and serving.
Recipe by Proud Italian Cook at https://www.prouditaliancook.com/2024/12/gramma-marys-famous-sour-cream-poundcake.html