Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Name: Brown Sugar Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c. butter, softened; 1 (16 oz.) box light brown sugar; 1/2 c. granulated sugar; 5 eggs, separated; 3 c. sifted cake flour; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1 c. milk, at room temperature; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 c. chopped nuts (optional)

10 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. butter, softened
1 (16 oz.) box light brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
5 eggs, separated
3 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk, at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 325°.
2

Cream butter and sugars.
3

Add egg yolks one at a time.
4

Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and add alternately with milk.
5

Beat 2 minutes.
6

Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry.
7

Fold whites into cake mixture with vanilla and nuts.
8

Pour into greased and floured 10 cup tube pan and bake 1 1/2 hours or until cake pulls away from edges of pan and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
9

Cool 25 minutes in pan, then turn out onto rack.