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Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Name: Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 16 servings.
Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened; 2-1/4 cups packed brown sugar; 5 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup sour cream; GLAZE:; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1/4 cup chopped pecans; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract; Dash salt; 2 to 3 tablespoons half-and-half cream

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Total Time

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling

Makes

16 servings

This tender pound cake is the first one I mastered. You'll want to eat the browned butter icing by the spoonful. It tastes like pralines. —Shawn Barto, Winter Garden, Florida

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Ingredients

1-1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
2-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
GLAZE:
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash salt
2 to 3 tablespoons half-and-half cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan.
Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating after each addition just until combined.
Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, 55-65 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
For glaze, combine butter and pecans in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter is light golden brown, 4-5 minutes. Stir into confectioners' sugar. Add vanilla, salt and enough cream to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze over cake, allowing some to drip down sides. Let stand until set.

Editor’s note: To remove cakes easily, use solid shortening to grease plain and fluted tube pans.

Nutrition Facts

1 slice: 473 calories, 25g fat (15g saturated fat), 121mg cholesterol, 193mg sodium, 57g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.

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