An easy-to-make basic pound cake recipe that you’re able to truly make your own!

Mastering a basiccake recipeis all you’re gonna wanna bring up the door to your creativity.

Traditional pound cake recipes usually lean on the denser and buttery side.

sour cream pound cake

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Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes we just need to switch things up.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 325F.

Grease and lightly flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan; set aside.

greased pan for sour cream pound cake

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In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.

In a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.

Gradually add sugar, beating on medium speed about 10 minutes or until light and fluffy.

dry ingredients for sour cream pound cake

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Pour batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.

Bake for 60 to 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean.

Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

beating butter for sour cream pound cake

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Remove from pan; cool completely on rack.

If desired, serve with sweetened whipped cream and berries.

In a chilled bowl combine heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla.

adding eggs and vanilla to butter mixture

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Fold berries into batter.

To defrost, simply leave it overnight in the freezer or in the counter, for a few hours.

2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

adding flour to sour cream pound cake mixture

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sour cream pound cake batter in loaf pan

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baked sour cream pound cake on wire cooling rack

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sweetened whipped cream

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