Brown Sugar Pound Cake With Creamy Warm Brown Sugar Glaze

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"This is a dense rich-flavored cake. If desired add about 1 cup chopped walnuts. Serve the warm glaze drizzled over cake slices."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (no substitutes)
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 5 large eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup half-and-half cream (or use full-fat milk)

• GLAZE

• 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup whipping cream, unwhipped
• 1⁄2 cup butter (no substitutes)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

directions

1. Set oven to 325 dregrees fahrenheit.
2. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
3. In a bowl, using an elecric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter with dark brown sugar, white sugar and vanilla for about 3 minutes.
4. Add in eggs and beat until well blended.
5. In a bowl mix together the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
6. Add to the creamed mixture alternating with the half and half cream or full-fat milk.
7. Transfer the batter to prepared tube pan.
8. Bake for about 1 hour and 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
9. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan; cool completey on wire rack.
10. To make the glaze; in a heavy saucepan cook both sugars with whipping cream and butter over medium heat, stirring constantly until the butter melts and the sugars have dissolved.
11. Increase the heat and bring to a boil; cook stirring constantly for about 3 minutes or until slightly thickened; stir in vanilla.
12. Cool slightly.
13. Drizzle the warm glaze over pound cake slices.

Reviews

[Nisa4709]

I made this cake and omitted the glaze....I found that I really liked it that way, after letting it sit over night the flavor was very good. It was also a very good munching cake because it wasn't so sweet :)