Brown Sugar Pound Cake with rum sauce or glaze

This is different tasting pound cake, rich and good. I got it from a Domino Sugar ad in a Womans magazine and had to try it. Delicious!

• Ready In: 1 hr 50 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 2  cups dark brown sugar, packed
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 6  large eggs
• 3  cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1  cup milk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla

• Rum Sauce

• 1⁄2 cup  whipping cream
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 2  tablespoons light corn syrup
• 3  tablespoons rum or 1  tablespoon  rum flavoring

• Rum Glaze

• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 3  tablespoons  canned evaporated milk
• 3⁄4 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
• 1  tablespoon  rum flavoring

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 Grease and flour a 10" tube pan Cream butter and sugars until very light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
3. Combine dry Add alternately with milk&vanilla starting adn ending with dry.
4. Beat well with each addition Fill prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
5. Cool completely, remove from pan.
6. Serve with sauce or glaze Rum sauce: Combine everything in a heavy saucepan.
7. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
8. Cover and continue to boil for 1 minute to wash crystals down side of pan.
9. Uncover and continue to boil for 3-4 minutes.
10. Let cool slightly.
11. Serve over slices of cake.
12. Rum Glaze Put all in a small heavy pan.
13. Let it cook, stirring occasionally til mixed well.
14. I let it cook a couple more minutes until it was thickened.
15. Pour over top of cake.