Frosted Brown Sugar Pound Cake Recipes

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour and baking powder; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Sir in the chopped pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and 2 cups brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the maple flavoring. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the evaporated milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 70 to 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Decorate with Brown Sugar Frosting.
• To make Brown Sugar Frosting: In a medium saucepan, combine 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla. Cook over low heat, beating until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth.

BROWN-SUGAR POUND CUPCAKES WITH BROWN-BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• Reduce speed to low. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk and ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, 25 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks. (Unglazed cupcakes will keep, covered, for up to 3 days.) Set racks with cupcakes over parchment-lined baking sheets. Spoon glaze over tops, and let stand until set. Serve glazed cupcakes immediately.

BROWN-SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter and lightly flour a 9-by-4 1/2-by-2 3/4-inch loaf pan; set aside. Whisk eggs together in a bowl; set aside.
• In bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 4 minutes. Add vanilla and almond extracts, and mix until combined. Drizzle in the beaten eggs, a little at a time, mixing to incorporate after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture, and mix, on low speed, just until flour is incorporated. Using a spatula, spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake cake until richly browned on top and a cake tester inserted into the middle comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour. Run a knife around inside of pan, and turn out cake. Wrap in plastic wrap, and store at room temperature up to 2 days.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, with the rack in the middle. Line the bottom of a 10-inch tube pan with parchment and coat the pan and paper with nonstick spray.
• Cut the butter and shortening into thick slices and add to an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream for 3 or 4 minutes on medium speed, then add the sugars, 1/2 cup at a time, beating 1 to 2 minutes between each addition. Add the eggs one at a time, and beat 1 to 2 minutes between each addition.
• Whisk the flour and baking powder together. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture and milk, alternately, to the batter, in 3 additions. Raise speed and mix for an additional minute. Lower speed again, add the vanilla, and beat another minute.
• Scrape batter into the prepared tube pan. Bake for 70 minutes, or until a skewer inserted close to the center withdraws clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack. Cool completely before frosting.
• For frosting: Wash the mixing bowl and paddle, then re-attach to the mixer. Cream the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until light and creamy, then add the vanilla. Add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. When cake is completely cool, frost.

FROSTED BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time. Add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the evaporated milk, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
• Spoon into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325*F for 1 1/4 hours. Cool inthe pan for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
• When cool, carefully slice the cake in half through through the middle.
• For the frosting, combine the brown sugar, evaporated milk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil Cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and baking powder. Place in a pan of ice water and beat until of spreading consistency.
• To assemble, spread the frosting between the layers and over the top and side of the cake.
• You may prepare this cake in 2 loaf pans if preferred and bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until tests done.