I had some left over sour cream and had a new recipe

The name "sour cream cake" does not sound that appealing I'm sure, but I was so happy with the result! It was such a lovely, light and flavourful cake, I would really recommend. I used the recipe from [Sweetest Menu](https://www.sweetestmenu.com/sour-cream-cake/), I didn't do any frosting though. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTKADUFm37qES3JvQgiMx5Nb5KPKzDGKkVx1v69u8EXd8/image.png) *a slice of the sour cream cake* ---

Ingredients

* 210 grams plain flour * 2 teaspoons baking powder * 150 grams caster sugar * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 120 millilitres sunflower oil (any vegetable oil) * 2 teaspoons vanilla essence * 1 large egg * 240 millilitres sour cream

The steps

In a large bowl, I sifted the flour, baking powder, and added the sugar and salt, in the original recipe it details doing the liquids in a different bowl but I didn't want to. Instead I beat the egg in a separate bowl and added the oil, vanilla and egg mixture to the large bowl which had the dry ingredients. After this, I added in the sour cream and stirred it. Just like the recipe said, it was a thicker mixture than I was used to! ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmX1DuiehKX4aTZ4VqYNDUXFLaeJwfq1uRFwpNoL2W5VpL/image.png) *adding the sour cream* ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQ2ZvmnvMqQjD1J1N4oYW173v8uPd9ga2DSYaLx9uwDfZ/image.png) *mixing and thick* After this step, it was time to pour it into the tin. I used an 7 to 8 inch cake tin I had, as I usually only use rectangle tins! This felt more special and professional. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZPzPEGQpwQE78fj94cUn87SPjP2odkkjK7d2Yhd5Z46b/image.png) *pouring it in* I had a little bit of an issue as the baking paper I had used to line the tin lifted and some of the mixture went under it! It turned out fine with the paper in the end. I baked the cake for about 30 minutes, at 160 degrees Celsius, it had a lovely golden top. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUTVLp6gvkRBBUAcQCGXWqRQr5Qzaw99VvFzJLKCymsz2/image.png) *golden!* I was really happy with how it came out, it reminded me of those fluffy Japanese cakes, and it had a great flavour from the sour cream, even without any frosting. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcozh52s1FDg7eAnTLih8sLLvtBb5rD7QAJgUirQbAhzu/image.png) *done!*

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