Simple Brown Sugar Pound Cake Recipe From Scratch

This simple brown sugar pound cake recipe from scratch is delicious, buttery, and decadent. It will become your go-to recipe for potlucks, holidays, special occasions, or just because. 

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Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Pound cake is a classic Southern dish. It gets its name from the amount of ingredients in the original recipe. Traditionally it was made from one pound each of butter, flour, sugar, and eggs. 

Today, there isn’t any shortage of recipe variations out there, but this simple brown sugar pound cake recipe is one of the best. 

The recipe is adapted from my grandmother’s original recipe. She cooked everything low and slow. I’m sure that’s one of the reasons her food was so delicious. 

I don’t have the time she had to savor the cooking process, but I love revamping her recipes to fit my schedule. One of my absolute favorite recipes is her Homemade Southern Pound Cake. It doesn’t last long in our house.

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Simple Brown Sugar Pound Cake From Scratch Recipe 

Equipment: 

• 10-inch round bundt pan 
• Stand Mixer 
• Glass bowls 
• Flour sifter 

Ingredients 

• 1 ½ cups butter (softened) 
• 3 Cups light brown Sugar- sifted 
• 5 eggs
• 3 Cups AP Flour 
• 1 tsp salt 
• ½ tsp baking powder 
• 1 Cup evaporated Milk 
• 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions 

1. Preheat the oven to 325° F 
2. Prepare a 10-inch round bundt pan. 
3. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sifted sugar together on high speed until it is fluffy, around 3 minutes. 
4. Add the eggs to sugar and butter one at a time making sure they are well combined. 
5. Meanwhile, sift the flour, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl. 
6. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the milk to the batter. You want to add ¼ of the ingredients until each is completely incorporated. 
7. Last, add the maple syrup and vanilla extract and mix it until it is well combined. 
8. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Lightly tap the pan with the batter on the countertop until it is evenly distributed. 
9. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Check the cake after about an hour to see if it is done. Do this by sticking in a toothpick and seeing if it comes out clean. 
10. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool on the counter for around 5 minutes. Then remove it from the bundt pan onto a cooling rack. 

Why You’ll Love This Recipe 

This Simple Brown Sugar Pound Cake recipe is easy to make. It has a few ingredients and doesn’t take much prep work or cleanup.

It’s delicious. The buttery rich flavor is so good and comforting. While the ingredients are simple, the texture and flavor are not. It’s a recipe you’ll keep returning to. 

It’s nostalgic. The warm flavors of brown sugar and maple will take you back to church potlucks and holiday celebrations. I love to make this pound cake during the holidays.  

Recipe Tips 

-Let all of your ingredients come to room temperature before mixing them. This will ensure they incorporate well. 

–Pound Cake is a very dense cake. Be sure to check the center of the cake for doneness before removing it from the oven. 

-This batter can be divided into two smaller loaf pans. Save one for yourself, and share one with a friend. You will decrease the cooking time to 1 hour if you are baking the cakes this way. 

-This cake is delicious on its own, but adding maple glaze on top is amazing! Do this by combining: 

• 2 cups powdered sugar 
• ¼ cup milk 
• 2 tablespoons of maple syrup. 

Whisk the ingredients together until they are smooth. Drizzle over the top of the warm-pound cake.

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