1-2-3-4 Pound Cake

1 cup of butter
2 cups of sugar
3 cups of cake flour
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1 cup of sour cream
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract






Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream the butter, then gradually add the sugar and beat until fluffy.

Add the eggs, one by one, beating well after each addition.

Sift the dry ingredients together.

Mix the sour cream and the vanilla extract.

Add the dry ingredients and the sour cream mixture alternately to the butter-sugar-egg batter, beating well continuously.

Pot the batter in a large, greased bread ban and bake for 1 hour.

Note: For a variation, you may replace 1/2 cup of the cake flour with 1/2 cup of cocoa.