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Brown Sugar Pound Cake

If you are looking to make a brown sugar pound cake for the sweet dessert lovers in your life, this recipe will take you there. It's moist and delicious.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine Southern
Servings 16
Calories 494 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 cups butter (3 sticks)
  • 1 lb light brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 5 lg eggs
  • 3 cups plain flour sifted
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1.5 cups pecans chopped

Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Hot water enough to make paste

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter, brown and white sugar well.
  • Add eggs to cream mixture, one at a time; beat after each.
  • Sift and add flour, baking powder, and salt to creamed mixture, alternating with milk and vanilla.
  • Fold chopped pecans in last.
  • Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
  • Bake at 300° to 325° for 1.5 hours according to heat of oven.

Glaze

  • Mix sugar, vanilla, and enough hot water to make a paste.
  • Spread on cake; let drizzle down sides of cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 494kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 4gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 203mgPotassium: 130mgFiber: 2gSugar: 48gVitamin A: 568IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 2mg
Keyword bundt cake, pound cake
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