Best Brown Sugar Pound Cake Recipes

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour and baking powder; set aside.
• In a large bowl, 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 to 75 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.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating after each addition just until combined., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, 55-65 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For glaze, combine butter and pecans in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter is light golden brown, 4-5 minutes. Stir into confectioners' sugar. Add vanilla, salt and enough cream to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze over cake, allowing some to drip down sides. Let stand until set.

BROWN SUGAR, MAPLE, AND PECAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter and flour a 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars on medium-high until very light and fluffy, 7 minutes. Scrape down bowl and beat 1 minute more. Add maple syrup, then gradually add eggs, beating well and scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, add salt, then gradually add flour, beating well to combine and scraping down bowl as needed. Fold pecans into batter.
• Transfer batter to pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 65 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 1 hour. Remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack before slicing.
• To store, freeze for up to 3 weeks. (Thaw, wrapped, at room temperature.)

BROWN SUGAR AND CHOCOLATE CHIP POUND CAKE WITH MAPLE-ESPRESSO GLAZE

Steps:

• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 12-cup Bundt pan. Spray pan generously with nonstick spray. Dust pan lightly with flour. Mix chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons flour in medium bowl. Sift remaining flour with baking soda, baking powder, and salt into another medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in vanilla extract and maple extract. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chip mixture. Transfer batter to prepared pan, spreading evenly.
• Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean and cake begins to pull away from sides of pan, about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan on rack 30 minutes. Invert cake onto rack and cool completely.
• GOOD TO KNOW:
• Mixing the chocolate chips with a little flour before adding them to the batter helps the chips stay evenly suspended in the batter and evenly distributed throughout the baked cake (otherwise, they may sink to the bottom).
• For glaze:
• Combine powdered sugar, maple syrup, 2 tablespoons cream, and espresso powder in medium bowl. Whisk until smooth, adding more cream by 1/2 teaspoonfuls if glaze is too thick to drizzle. Spoon glaze decoratively over top of cake; let stand at room temperature until glaze is firm, about 1 hour. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome and let stand at room temperature.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and 2 cups brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the maple flavoring. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the evaporated milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 70 to 80 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. Decorate with Brown Sugar Frosting.
• To make Brown Sugar Frosting: In a medium saucepan, combine 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla. Cook over low heat, beating until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Beat shortening,butter and brown sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addtion.
• Combine flour,salt,and baking powder; add alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in flavoring. Pour batter into a greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan.
• Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack. Pour warm glaze over cake. Let cake stand 30 minutes or until glaze is firm.
• BROWN SUGAR GLAZE:.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in brown sugar, and cook 1 minute.
• Add milk, powdered sugar, and vanilla; whisk until creamy. Remove from heat, and pour immediately over cooled cake.

BROWN SUGAR CARMEL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 spray a 12 cup Bundt pan with cooking spray with flour.
• Beat butter until creamy. Add sugars beating until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mix to batter alternately with milk, beat until just combined. Stir in toffee chips and pecans. Spoon batter into pan and bake 85 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. To prevent excess browning, cover cake with foil while baking.
• Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Spoon Caramel Drizzle over cooled cake.
• Directions for Caramel Drizzle.
• In a medium saucepan, combine condensed milk and brown sugar; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Reduce heat, and SIMMER for 8 minutes, whisking frequently. Remove from heat; whisk in butter and vanilla. Let cool for 5 minutes before using. NOTE: Make sure you drizzle the caramel while it's still HOT.
• When cooled the caramel does somewhat harden.

CREAM CHEESE COCONUT-PECAN POUND CAKE W/ BROWN SUGAR-PRALINE GLA

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE:.
• Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10" (12-cup) tube pan.
• Bake pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet 5 - 7 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant. (This can be done in a microwave-safe plate in 1 minute increments until the nuts are 'roasted'. Stir every minute for about 3 - 4 minutes total, allowing to sit 5 minutes.).
• Beat softened butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow dissappears after each addition.
• Sift together flour and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with bourbon, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in coconut, vanilla and toasted pecans. Pour into a prepared tube pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and 35 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 - 15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely (about 1 hour). Invert completely cooled pound cake onto a serving plate or cake stand; spoon either Brown Sugar-Praline Glaze or Powdered Sugar Glaze over the top.
• BROWN SUGAR-PRALINE GLAZE.
• Melt butter in a 1 quart saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in brown sugar and corn syrup; cook 1 minute. Add powdered sugar, milk and vanilla; whisk until creamy (about 2 minutes). Remove from heat and immediately pour all glazing mixture over cooled cake in a circular motion. Cut cake with a serrated knife. Makes 1 cup.
• ALTERNATE POWDERED SUGAR GLAZE.
• Stir together powdered sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth, stirring in up to 1 tablespoon additional milk, if necessary, for desired consistency. Pour all glazing mixture over cooled cake. Makes 1 cup.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE WITH CARAMEL DRIZZLE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 spray a 12 cup Bundt pan with cooking spray with flour Beat butter until creamy. Add sugars beating until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mix to batter alternately with milk, beat until just combined. Stir in toffee buts and pecans. Spoon batter into pan and bake 85 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. To prevent excess browning, cover cake with foil while baking. Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Spoon Caramel Drizzle over cooled cake. Directions for Caramel Drizzle In a medium saucepan, combine condensed milk and brown sugar; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Reduce heat, and SIMMER for 8 minutes, whisking frequently. Remove from heat; whisk in butter and vanilla. Let cool for 5 minutes before using. NOTE: Make sure you drizzle the caramel while it's still HOT. When cooled the caramel does somewhat harden.

DARK CHOCOLATE BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Do not preheat oven. Butter and flour a 12-cup bundt pan, knocking out any excess flour.
• Into a small bowl sift together flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt. In another small bowl stir together baking soda and sour cream.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer (preferably a standing electric mixer) beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Beat in extracts and add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture and sour cream mixture alternately in batches, beating until just combined.
• Pour batter into bundt pan and put in middle of cold oven. Set oven to 350°F and bake cake 1 hour and 25 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a rack 15 minutes and turn out onto rack to cool completely. Pound cake keeps, wrapped in plastic wrap, at room temperature 1 week. Alternatively, pound cake may be frozen, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil, 3 months.
• Chop bittersweet chocolate and in a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate with butter, stirring until smooth. Transfer glaze to a pastry bag fitted with a #3 plain tip (slightly smaller than 1/8 inch). (Alternatively, transfer glaze to a small heavy-duty sealable plastic bag and press out excess air. Snip off 1 corner, making a small hole.) Pipe glaze back and forth over top of cake, letting it drip down sides. Let glaze set 30 minutes at room temperature.
• Serve cake with dollops of sour cream and strawberries.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE WITH RUM SAUCE OR GLAZE

Steps:

• 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.

BOURBON BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• Combine the milk, vanilla, and 4 tablespoons bourbon.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat brown sugar and 1/2 cup sugar until lump free.
• Add butter and beat at high speed until light and creamy, about 5 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• At low speed, alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until cake springs back when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove cake from pan.
• Frosting:.
• In small bowl, combine orange juice, 1/3 cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons bourbon.
• Brush mixture all over warm cake.
• Cool cake completely.
• Garnish with berries or other fruit for a pretty presentation.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE -- 9X5X3-INCH LOAF SIZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (325F glass or dark loaf pan).
• Grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Add vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture.
• If desired, add TOASTED chopped pecans.
• Pour batter into pan.
• (CHECK CAKE AT 55 MINUTES FOR DONE-NESS) ~ Bake approximately one hour or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Remove from pan and cool completely a wire rack. Serves 8.
• If desired, garnish with whipped cream and assorted berries.

BROWN-SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter and lightly flour a 9-by-4 1/2-by-2 3/4-inch loaf pan; set aside. Whisk eggs together in a bowl; set aside.
• In bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 4 minutes. Add vanilla and almond extracts, and mix until combined. Drizzle in the beaten eggs, a little at a time, mixing to incorporate after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture, and mix, on low speed, just until flour is incorporated. Using a spatula, spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake cake until richly browned on top and a cake tester inserted into the middle comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour. Run a knife around inside of pan, and turn out cake. Wrap in plastic wrap, and store at room temperature up to 2 days.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350°F Spray 10-inch tube pan with flour no-stick cooking spray. Combine 2 1/4 cups brown sugar, sugar, 1 cup butter, shortening and 2 teaspoons vanilla in large bowl; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• COMBINE flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; mix well. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in pecans. Spread batter in prepared pan.
• BAKE 1 1/4 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled.
• MELT 1/4 cup butter in small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add 1/4 cup milk; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• REMOVE saucepan from heat. Stir in vanilla. Gradually stir in powdered sugar; blend until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.

BROWN SUGAR-WALNUT POUND CAKE WITH PEACH-MAPLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine flour and 1 tablespoon salt in a bowl.
• Cream 4 sticks butter and dark-brown sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
• Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Fold walnuts into finished batter. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops.
• Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
• Make the peach-maple sauce: Combine maple syrup, light-brown sugar, 1 stick unsalted butter, and 1 teaspoon salt in a saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves and liquid comes to a boil. Cook for 2 minutes more. Stir in heavy cream, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat; add sliced peaches. Let thicken, 5 minutes.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Generously grease 10-inch tube or bundt pan with butter, and flour liberally.
• Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Add vanilla to milk in a measuring cup or separate bowl. (The recipe actually calls for whole milk, but I use 2% with no issues.) Both the flour and milk will be combined in the batter in a later step.
• Beat the butter with a mixer at high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the brown sugar in three batches. Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition.
• Reduce the speed to low and add half of the flour mixture, then half the milk. Be sure to mix until the flour has disappeared into the batter before adding the milk. Add the rest of the flour, then the milk, in the same way. Quickly scrape the batter into the prepared tube pan and bake about 1 hour and 10 minutes, until the cake is browned at the edges, and the center springs back when lightly touched. A wooden skewer or tooth pick should also come out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.
• Remove the cake from the oven and leave in the pan on a wire rack to cool for 20-30 minutes. Loosen the cake with a table knife and turn out onto a wire rack or cake plate. Let the cake cool completely before finishing with the Caramel Glaze.
• Caramel Glaze
• . Melt the butter with the brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until a smooth sauce forms, about 2-3 minutes.
• Add the milk and bring the icing to a gentle boil. Stir well, remove from heat and add the powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat well until the glaze thickens and looses some of its shine. More evaporated milk can be added if it gets too thick, a little at a time.
• Use at once, drizzling over the cooled Brown Sugar Pound Cake.

BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Grease and flour a Bundt cake pan or tube cake pan. Heat oven to 325°.
• 2. Cream sugars and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition.Beat in vanilla.
• 3. Sift together the cake flour and salt.
• 4. In a cup combine the sour cream and baking soda
• 5. Blend dry ingredients into the creamed mixture a little at a time, alternating additions with the sour cream and baking soda mixture, ending with the flour mixture.
• 6. Spoon the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden pick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake. Cool in pan on rack for 10-15 minutes, invert onto plate and let cool completely.
• 7. dust with powdered sugar or top with Glaze
• 8. Brown sugar Glaze. 1/3 cup butter 1/3 cup light brown sugar 1/3 cup white granulated sugar 1/3 cup whipping cream 1 tsp of vanilla combine the first four ingredients, in a heavy sauce pan, over med heat bring to a boil stirring constantly, boil 1 minute remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

BOURBON BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• in a large bowl mix flour, baking powder and sida and salt.
• butter and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.
• in a stand mixer add butter and whip for 2-3 minutes.
• add sugar and mix 3 minutes more.
• add eggs one at a time, scraping down bowl a few times.
• add vanilla and mix until combined.
• mix buttermilk and bourbon.
• alternately add flour mix and buttermilk mix, starting and ending with flour.
• add nuts and stir in well.
• pour mixture into bundt pan and bake for 70 minutes until cooked.
• cool in pan 15 minutes.
• meanwhile make the glaze, heat bourbon and sugar together in micro for 1 minute or on stovetop to simmer, brush over warm cake.

BROWN SUGAR CARMEL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 spray a 12 cup Bundt pan with cooking spray with flour Beat butter until creamy. Add sugars beating until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mix to batter alternately with milk, beat until just combined. Stir in toffee buts and pecans. Spoon batter into pan and bake 85 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. To prevent excess browning, cover cake with foil while baking. Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Spoon Caramel Drizzle over cooled cake. Directions for Caramel Drizzle In a medium saucepan, combine condensed milk and brown sugar; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. Reduce heat, and SIMMER for 8 minutes, whisking frequently. Remove from heat; whisk in butter and vanilla. Let cool for 5 minutes before using. NOTE: Make sure you drizzle the caramel while it's still HOT. When cooled the caramel does somewhat harden.