Aunt Ruth's Sour Cream Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Aunt Ruth's Sour Cream Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze

1. White sugar - 2 teaspoons
2. White sugar - 3 cups
3. Unsalted butter, softened - ½ pound
4. Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons
5. Lemon extract, divided - 1 teaspoon
6. Eggs - 6 large
7. All-purpose flour - 3 cups
8. Baking soda - ¼ teaspoon
9. Sour cream - 1 (16 ounce) container
10. Confectioners' sugar - 1 ½ cups
11. Lemon juice, or more to taste - 3 tablespoons
12. Yellow food coloring, or more as needed - 2 drops

How to cook deliciously - Aunt Ruth's Sour Cream Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®); sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.

2. Stage

Cream 3 cups sugar and butter together in a large bowl until fluffy; add vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. Stage

Sift flour and baking soda together in a medium bowl; add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream. Spoon into the prepared pan.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours. Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan to a wire rack; cool completely, 30 minutes to 1 hour.

5. Stage

Combine confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract, and food coloring in a small bowl. Drizzle glaze over the cooled cake.