Pecan Sour Cream Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). grease and flour a 10 inch bundt or tube pan. sprinkle pecans on bottom of pan; set aside. sift together flour, salt, and baking soda into a medium bowl; set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. add flour mixture alternately with sour cream. pour batter over pecans in prepared pan.
• 3 bake in the preheated oven for 75 to 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. let cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• 4 to prepare the glaze: in a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, orange juice and 1 teaspoon vanilla. drizzle over cake while still warm.