Oma's Pound Cake

4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2-1/4 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups skim milk
6 eggs
1 pkg. vanilla sugar (check my recipe for vanilla sugar)
1/2 lb. plus 1 T. butter or margarine
1 tsp. lemon extract (variation: almond extract)

Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla sugar. Alternately add flour and milk, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Add extract, stir.
Pour into greased/floured loaf pan, filling half way. Makes 2 loaves.
Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Use cake tester.

Variation:
Marble pound cake: Take half of the batter and add 1T. cocoa powder. Stir well. Pour this mixture between two layers of plain batter. Take a knife and pull knife through center of cake (the long way). Creates a nice visual, outside and inside.

Recipe from my mother, Gertrud Wunder

Sour Cream Pound Cake

2-3/4 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
6 eggs
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1/2 tsp. orange extract
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

In a mixer bowl, cream together sugar and butter or margarine till light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, salt and soda. Add to creamed mixture, alternately with sour cream, beating after each addition. Add extracts and vanilla; beat well. Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake in 350 degrees oven for 1-1/2 hours or till cake tests done. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan. When cool, frost or sprinkle with confectioner's sugar, if desired.