No-Fail Pound Cake

Step 1
Gather all ingredients.

Step 2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.

Step 3
Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Step 4
Stir in vanilla and lemon extracts.

Step 5
Beat in sour cream and water.

Step 6
Beat in cake mix and flour until incorporated. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 7
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, 60 to 80 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.