Maw Maw’s Pound Cake

Ingredients

Vickie Watkins, Tallapoosa County

½ lb. butter, softened

3 cups sugar

6 egg yolks, beaten

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 (8 oz.) sour cream

¼ tsp. baking soda

6 egg whites

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tbsp. almond or lemon extract (I use almond)

Pinch of salt

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks.  Combine flour and salt, sift 3 times.  Combine sour cream and soda.  Add flour and sour cream alternately with creamed mixture.  Fold in egg whites and flavorings.  Spoon batter into 10” greased and lightly floured tube pan.  Bake at 300 degrees for 1 ½ hours.