Brown Sugar Pound Cake With Frosting
From Bev Wilson
Bev says that this could also be baked in a tube pan such as those used for
baking angelfood cakes or bundt cakes. This would actually make
the cake easier to frost.
Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Cake
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 16-ounce box dark brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
5 eggs
3 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
Cream together butter and shortening and add the sugars, 1 cup at a time,
continuing to beat. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each
addition.
Sift flour and baking powder together in another bowl and add alternately
with milk to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Add
vanilla and mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 2 hours.
(Test after 1 1/2 hours. It might be done sooner than 2 hours.)
To prepare frosting, mix together egg and milk and set aside. Place 1/2 cup
of the granulated sugar in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat,
stirring
constantly until melted and brown. Add water and stir until sugar is
dissolved. Add remaining 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar. Mix egg with milk
and stir
into sugar mixture. Add butter, vinegar, and salt. Cook to softball stage
(236 on a candy thermometer), stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Beat
until creamy and spread on cake.
Note: I used a different frosting recipe, a glaze.
Glaze
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups strained confectioners sugar
In a small pan over moderate heat, heat the cream until it is hot but not
boiling. Remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla.
In a bowl, mix the hot cream with the sugar until smooth. It should be a
thick but pourable mixture.
Pour the glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides.
Let stand until completely dry.
From Bev Wilson
Bev says that this could also be baked in a tube pan such as those used for
baking angelfood cakes or bundt cakes. This would actually make
the cake easier to frost.
Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Cake
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 16-ounce box dark brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
5 eggs
3 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
Cream together butter and shortening and add the sugars, 1 cup at a time,
continuing to beat. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each
addition.
Sift flour and baking powder together in another bowl and add alternately
with milk to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Add
vanilla and mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 2 hours.
(Test after 1 1/2 hours. It might be done sooner than 2 hours.)
To prepare frosting, mix together egg and milk and set aside. Place 1/2 cup
of the granulated sugar in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat,
stirring
constantly until melted and brown. Add water and stir until sugar is
dissolved. Add remaining 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar. Mix egg with milk
and stir
into sugar mixture. Add butter, vinegar, and salt. Cook to softball stage
(236 on a candy thermometer), stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Beat
until creamy and spread on cake.
Note: I used a different frosting recipe, a glaze.
Glaze
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups strained confectioners sugar
In a small pan over moderate heat, heat the cream until it is hot but not
boiling. Remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla.
In a bowl, mix the hot cream with the sugar until smooth. It should be a
thick but pourable mixture.
Pour the glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides.
Let stand until completely dry.
