Old-fashioned Sour Cream Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 6 eggs, separated
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, sift before measuring
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Cream together sugar and butter, add the egg yolks one at time; beat well after each addition. Blend in vanilla, lemon juice and sour cream.
2. Into a separate bowl, sift sifted flour, salt, and soda. Add sifted dry ingredients to batter; beat well. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
3. Fold egg whites into the cake batter. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan and bake at 300° for about 1-1/2 hours or until cake tests done.