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 Grandmother Paul's Sour Cream Pound Cake
Created by Paula Deen


Grandmother Paul's Sour Cream Pound Cake Food Network cook Paula Deen shares her recipe for Grandmother Paul's Sour Cream Pound Cake—a treat her grandma used to make! Top with cream cheese frosting to make it extra sweet.

CAKE INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 pound (two sticks) butter
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together; add sour cream. Sift flour and baking soda together. Add to creamed mixture, alternately with eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add vanilla. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes.

FROSTING INGREDIENTS

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 brick cream cheese
  • 1 box confectioner's sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. almond extract
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix all ingredients together. Wait for the pound cake to cool, and then top it with a thick layer of frosting.