Southern Pound Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Cream butter.
2. 2
   Add sugar; beat well.
3. 3
   Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. 4
   Combine flour and soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
5. 5
   Mix well after each addition.
6. 6
   Stir in vanilla.
7. 7
   Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool cake in pan 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.