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Pound Cake
Dense, buttery, versatile
Ingredients
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- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
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- Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour bundt pan.
- Beat butter and sugar until very light and fluffy, .
- Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.
- Combine flour and salt. Add alternately with sour cream, starting and ending with flour.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Pour into pan. Bake until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in pan , then turn out.
Notes
- Creaming butter and sugar is the key to texture.
- Don't open oven door for first 45 minutes.
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