Name: Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup vegetable shortening; 1/2 cup butter (softened); 1 lb. light brown sugar; 5 large eggs; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 cup evaporated milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 cup butter; 1 cup light brown sugar (packed); 1/4 cup evaporated milk; 3 cups powdered sugar (sifted); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Print Recipe

Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Course: Dessert

Author: Southern Living

Ingredients

1 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup butter softened
1 lb. light brown sugar
5 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Brown Sugar Glaze

1/2 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar packed
1/4 cup evaporated milk
3 cups powdered sugar sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Beat shortening, butter, and brown sugar at medium speed with an electric
mixer 2 minutes or until creamy. Add eggs, l at a time, beating well
after each addition.
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 degrees for l hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15
minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack. Pour warm
Brown Sugar Glaze over cake. Let cake stand 30 minutes or until glaze is
firm.

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.

Notes

NOTES : Maple flavoring may be substituted for vanilla extract in the cake.

Recipe By: Southern Living
Serving Size: 16

Brown Sugar Pound Cake