Old Fashioned Sour Cream Pound Cake

Ingredients:

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 6 eggs, separated
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt

Directions:

1. Cream together sugar and butter, add the egg yolks one at time; beat well after each addition. Blend in vanilla, lemon juice and sour cream.
2. Into a separate bowl, sift sifted flour, salt, and soda
3. Add sifted dry ingredients to batter; beat well.
4. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites into the cake batter.
5. Pour into a greased and floured tube, loaf pan or bundt pan and bake at 300° for about 1-1/2 hours or until cake tests done.
6. Allow to cool 15 minutes and remove from pan.
7. Cut and serve plain or with your favorite toppings.