Sour Cream Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze

Makes 1 (10-inch) cake

Prep Time: 10 min.
Baking Time: 1 hr. and 30 min.

Ingredients:

•    3  cups sugar
•    3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4  teaspoon salt
• 1/4  teaspoon baking soda
•    1  cup butter (softened)
•    1  container (8-ounce) sour cream
•    6  large eggs
•    2  Tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2  teaspoon vanilla extract
•         Lemon Glaze (recipe below)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325° F.  Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan.

1. In a 4-quart mixing bowl, add sugar, flour, salt, baking soda, butter, sour cream, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla extract.  (In this order.)  Beat at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer 1 minute, stopping to scrape down sides.  Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.  Spoon batter into tube pan.

2. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cook cake in pan on a wire rack10 minutes.

3. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.  Drizzle evenly with Lemon Glaze.

Lemon Glaze

Makes 1/3 - cup

Prep Time 5 min.

Ingredients: 

•    1  cup powdered sugar
•    2  Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2  teaspoon vanilla extract
•    1  teaspoon grated lemon rind (optional)

Directions:

1. In a bowl, stir together sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. 
2. Also, at this time the lemon rind if you want.
3. Drizzle over cake.