Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe

Prep Time::20 mins

Cook Time:: 1 hr 20 mins

Additional Time:: 1 hr

Total Time:: 2 hrs 40 mins

Servings::14

Yield::1 (10-inch) Bundt cake

Ingredients

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Original recipe (1X) yields 14 servings

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

3 cups white sugar

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

6 large eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon ground mace or 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup sour cream

confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Directions

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt or angel food cake pan).

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Mix flour, salt, baking soda, and mace in a bowl; set aside.

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Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

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Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

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Add flour mixture to wet ingredients alternately with sour cream, mixing until just incorporated.

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Pour batter into the prepared pan; use the back of a spoon to smooth out the surface of the batter.

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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Run a thin knife or offset spatula around the edge of cake. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and cool completely.

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Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

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From the Editor

This recipe was tested in our test kitchen and updated to reduce the amount of butter to 1 cup. The original recipe called for 2 cups.

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