Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Name: Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: Makes 10 to 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; ½ cup shortening; 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar; 1 cup granulated sugar; 6 large eggs; 3 cups cake flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 cup evaporated milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups chopped pecans, toasted

3 Ratings
3 Reviews

This brown sugar pound cake is a favorite among the Southern Living staff. The brown sugar gives it a rich, caramel-like flavor.

By Ruth Rippetoe, Greensboro, North Carolina

Recipe by Southern Living December 2004

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Recipe Summary

prep:

20 mins

bake:

1 hr 45 mins

total:

2 hrs 5 mins

Yield:

Makes 10 to 12 servings

Directions

Step 1
Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until the yellow yolk disappears.

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Step 2
Sift together flour and baking powder; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat batter at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla and pecans. Pour batter into a greased and floured 12-cup tube pan. Place pan in a cold oven; set oven temperature at 300°.
Step 3
Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and 45 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

Chef's Notes

Don't preheat the oven for this scrumptious pound cake--it gets its start in a cold oven. To add a light dusting of powdered sugar, spoon a few tablespoons into a wire-mesh strainer and gently shake over the cake's surface.

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Themixx76

12/07/2011

Very rich and delicious- just what I was looking for. I followed the suggestion about the pecans in the other review (also decreased the amount used, personal preference.) Fantastic results!

MommyG

03/09/2011

Made this for husbands co-worker and it was a bit hit at the office. I was puzzled at first thinking "how am I going to toast these peacans and keep my oven cold for the cake?" So, I sauted the chopped pecans for about 3 minutes with 2tbls butter and sugar in a cast iron skillet. They were just right and noted evenly distributed throughout the cake (verses sinking to the bottom). Yum!

MayberryNC

05/05/2010

Great cake. 2 cups packed brown sugar is 14 ounces. 3 cups cake flour is 10.16 ounces. NC

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