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SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE 2 sticks butter 3 c. sugar 3 c. flour 1/4 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 c. sour cream 6 eggs 2 tsp. flavoring (vanilla, lemon, almond, your preference) Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Sift dry ingredients together and add to sugar mixture alternately with sour cream. Add flavoring. Pour into prepared 12 cup Bundt dish (greased generously and coated with graham cracker crumbs). Microwave on 70% power for 15 to 18 minutes or until done. Cover with waxed paper and let stand 10 to 15 minutes on countertop. Invert. Variations: Sour Cream Pound Cake is a good basic recipe. Delicious variations of pound cake may be made by following this basic recipe and making the following additions and substitutions: Coconut Pound Cake: Fold in 2 cups grated fresh coconut and flavor the cake with 1 teaspoon coconut extract and 1 teaspoon almond extract. Betty's Chocolate Pound Cake: Add 1/3 cup cocoa to dry ingredients. Peanut Butter Pound Cake: Substitute 1/2 cup peanut butter for sour cream. Use 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed, and 2 cups granulated sugar instead of 3 cups granulated. Brown Sugar Pound Cake: Instead of 3 cups sugar use 1 pound light brown sugar and 1 cup white sugar. Also add 1 cup finely chopped walnuts. After baked and inverted from dish, top with Walnut Glaze. To make glaze, cream 1 cup sifted powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons butter, add 6 tablespoons cream, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. Blend well. After baking cake, invert from dish and top with Walnut Glaze. Strawberry Pound Cake: Substitute 1 cup pureed fresh strawberries for sour cream. If using frozen, sweetened strawberries, reduce sugar to 2 3/4 cups. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |