South Georgia Pound Cake

Name: South Georgia Pound Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; ¼ teaspoon table salt; 1 pound unsalted butter, softened; 2 cups sugar; ⅔ cup sour cream; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract; 5 large eggs

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smoke & Spice

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison

Published 2014

About

Like barbecue, pound cake made an early American appearance in Colonial Virginia. It spread from that area to other states, which often developed treasured local variations. This sour cream rendition was influenced by an heirloom Georgia recipe.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon table salt
1 pound

Americas
United States
Georgia
Virginia
Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan.
Sift together the flour and salt.
With an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. When well blended, mix in the sour cream and the vanilla and lemon ext