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Brown Sugar Pound Cake with Rum Sauce

Course: Dessert
Keyword: cake
Servings: 16
Author: Sherry Moman

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups butter softened
  • 2 cups dark brown sugar packed
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • Caramel Rum Sauce
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 3 tablespoons dark rum

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Cream
  • butter and sugars until very light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time,
  • beating well after each addition. Sift together dry ingredients, then add
  • to batter alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the flour
  • mixture. Add vanilla. Fill prepared pan and bake for l hour and 20
  • minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
  • Cool cake completely, then remove from pan. To serve, drizzle with RUm
  • Sauce.
  • To prepare Caramel Rum Sauce, combine cream, butter, sugars, corn syrup
  • and rum in heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking
  • occasionally. Cover and continue to boil for l minute to wash sugar
  • crystals from the sides of the pan. Uncover and continue to boil for 3-4
  • minutes without stirring. Cool slightly. Drizzle over cake.

Notes

Recipe By: Sherry Moman
Serving Size: 16