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

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. 

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. 

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.