Kevin, this is really a coincidence in many ways. Your mom's recipe above is identical to my grandmother's recipe, down to the butter & nut flavoring! I am at home today and BEFORE I turned on my computer to read today's highlights on here, I decided to bake a pound cake. I had left out butter overnight knowing I was going to do this today.
I had made some creme fraiche last week and decided to use it in place of the sour cream. Realizing that in baking, ingredients and the amounts can seldom be approximate. I believe the fat content in the creme fraiche was a bit high thus the cake fell.
I am, however, as I type this, eating from the pan, the best fallen cake imaginable!
I was using my grandmother's Kitchenaid 4-C Mixer and I noticed it was very warm on the motor.
It creamed the butter and sugar like a charm and then when I was adding the flour it would only move very slowly (barely at all). I think it may be toast...I loved the look of this mixer and the cool heavy glass bowl as well.
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