Brown Sugar Pound Cake with rum sauce or glaze
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- 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
- Preheat oven to 325 Grease and flour a 10" tube pan Cream butter and sugars until very light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
- Combine dry Add alternately with milk&vanilla starting adn ending with dry.
- Beat well with each addition Fill prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool completely, remove from pan.
- Serve with sauce or glaze Rum sauce: Combine everything in a heavy saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- Cover and continue to boil for 1 minute to wash crystals down side of pan.
- Uncover and continue to boil for 3-4 minutes.
- Let cool slightly.
- Serve over slices of cake.
- Rum Glaze Put all in a small heavy pan.
- Let it cook, stirring occasionally til mixed well.
- I let it cook a couple more minutes until it was thickened.
- Pour over top of cake.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ann Arber
Pennsauken, New Jersey
Hi. My name is Ann.
I live in a little town in South Jersey.
I live in our home with my dear husband,Dave, our oldest daughter Susann and her two boys, Joseph and Zachary. Also our oldest son, David(Jr), and his two daughters, Jamie and Kayla on the weekends.And our youngest son, Seth is living here with us also, with his three dear cats. Our daughter,Allison and her husband,Brandon are living in their own house. All totalled we have five cats and two dogs right now. LOL
I love to feed my family. When the kids were young, I would always feed their friends before and after school or dinner if they wanted. I love to make people smile , making foods they enjoy.
Most of my recipes are handed down from Grandmothers, Mothers, friends. I treasure these recipes made by those I love.