Ingredients
21/2 sticks of salted butter
3 cups cake flour (Swan)
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1 ½ teaspoons rum extract
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder (less than ¼ teaspoon added at the very end)
Pam or Crisco baking spray with flour
Preparation
Cream butter Gradually add sugar (1 cup at a time), beating until light & fluffy �� Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each egg Add flour one cup at a time (keeping 1 cup to the side) Add in extracts Add salt to the 1 cup of flour kept to the side and do not add it yet Add alternately with sour cream (reserve 2 tablespoons of sour cream to the side) Blend baking soda into reserved sour cream & add to batter Add last cup of flour that has been mixed with the salt Add the baking powder Pour into greased & floured (use baking spray with flour already added) 10-inch tube pan Bake in 325 degree oven for between 1 hour and 1 hour & 30 minutes maximum or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean
