Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Try mixing in brown sugar and pecans with your pound cake for a fun and new twist on the original.
Servings
8
Ingredients
- 3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 5 eggs
- 2 cup light brown sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, 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 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.