Ingredients
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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
Preparation
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Set oven to 325 dregrees fahrenheit.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
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.
Add in eggs and beat until well blended.
In a bowl mix together the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add to the creamed mixture alternating with the half and half cream or full-fat milk.
Transfer the batter to prepared tube pan.
Bake for about 1 hour and 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan; cool completey on wire rack.
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.
Increase the heat and bring to a boil; cook stirring constantly for about 3 minutes or until slightly thickened; stir in vanilla.
Cool slightly.
Drizzle the warm glaze over pound cake slices.
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