Sour Cream Pound Cake

Nick Malgieri

• Ready In: 2 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 lb unsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 2 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  lemon extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  orange extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6  large eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream

Directions

1. Butter and flour a 12-cup tube pan or Bundt pan; set aside.
2. Position oven rack in the lower third of teh oven; preheat to 350°.
3. In a bowl, stir the flour, baking soda, and salt together; set aside.
4. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer; beat on medium speed with the paddle attachment until very light, about 5 minutes.
5. Beat in the extracts; beat in the eggs one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.
6. Decrease mixer speed to low and beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture, then half the sour cream, beating until smooth after each addition (stop mixer occasionally to scrape bottom and sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
7. Beat in another 1/3 of the flour, then after the flour has been absorbed, the remaining sour cream.
8. Scrape bowl again and beat in the last of the flour.
9. Use a rubber spatula to give a final mix to the batter; then scrape it into the prepared pan; smooth the top.
10. Bake for about 1 ¼ to 1 ½ hours, or until the cake is well risen, cracked on top, and well colored and a pick comes out clean.
11. Cool cake in pan for a few minutes, then unmold it onto a rack and turn right side up to finish cooling.
12. Storage: wrap the cake in plastic wrap and then foil to ensure it doesn’t dry out.