Indulge in the delectable flavors of brown sugar, maple, and pecans with our comprehensive guide to the ultimate pound cake recipe. This article will take you on a culinary journey, exploring the perfect balance of sweetness, moisture, and texture that defines a truly exceptional pound cake. Discover the secrets behind achieving that golden-brown crust, a moist and tender crumb, and the harmonious blend of flavors that will tantalize your taste buds. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your baking adventures, this guide will provide you with all the knowledge and inspiration you need to create a brown sugar maple and pecan pound cake that will steal the show at any gathering.
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BROWN SUGAR, MAPLE, AND PECAN POUND CAKE
This pound cake is all about the earthy sweetness of maple syrup and the nutty crunch of toasted pecans.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter and flour a 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars on medium-high until very light and fluffy, 7 minutes. Scrape down bowl and beat 1 minute more. Add maple syrup, then gradually add eggs, beating well and scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, add salt, then gradually add flour, beating well to combine and scraping down bowl as needed. Fold pecans into batter.
- Transfer batter to pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 65 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 1 hour. Remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack before slicing.
- To store, freeze for up to 3 weeks. (Thaw, wrapped, at room temperature.)
Nutrition Facts : Calories 537 g, Fat 36 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 8 g
VERMONT MAPLE-PECAN CAKE
This delectable nutty maple cake has become a hands-down favorite. Chopped pecans add delicious flavor, and the rich cream cheese frosting is accented with a teaspoon of real maple syrup. -Teresa Cardin, Mansfield, Missouri
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugars, baking soda and salt. Combine the buttermilk, butter, syrup and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Fold in chopped pecans. , Pour into two 6-in. round baking pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a small saucepan, bring corn syrup to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in pecan halves until coated. Place in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. , For frosting, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and syrup until smooth. Beat in confectioners' sugar. Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with second layer; frost top and sides of cake. Garnish with glazed pecans. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 574 calories, Fat 28g fat (12g saturated fat), Cholesterol 52mg cholesterol, Sodium 420mg sodium, Carbohydrate 81g carbohydrate (61g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
BROWN SUGAR PECAN CAKE
My great-aunt was famous in our family for her cooking. She lived in Kentucky and made a cake like this one many times during my childhood. I found a similar recipe years later, changing it a bit to use what I had on hand. The added crunch of the pecans gives it a little southern flair that she would have loved. -Lisa Varner, El Paso, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h30m
Yield 16 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Fold in pecans., Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 70-80 minutes. Cool in pan 30 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar. If desired, serve with ice cream and drizzle with topping.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 496 calories, Fat 30g fat (14g saturated fat), Cholesterol 119mg cholesterol, Sodium 192mg sodium, Carbohydrate 53g carbohydrate (34g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 6g protein.
BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE I
A wonderful blend of brown sugar and pecans in this old-fashioned pound cake.
Provided by ARVILLALAR
Categories Desserts Cakes Pound Cake Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour and baking powder; set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Sir in the chopped pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 468.7 calories, Carbohydrate 59.2 g, Cholesterol 105.1 mg, Fat 24.2 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 5.7 g, SaturatedFat 12.1 g, Sodium 170.1 mg, Sugar 40.4 g
MAPLE-PECAN MINI POUND CAKES WITH MAPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
My husband said these mini cakes remind him of a superbly delicious pancake. Since the pecans are a fattier nut, they tend to float to the top of batter--which, when the cakes are flipped, ultimately becomes a nutty crust-like addition to the cakes. Adding chopped pecans as a garnish helps to balance everything out.
Provided by Kim
Categories Mini Cakes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a mini Bundt® pan.
- Whisk together 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
- Mix together butter, maple syrup, and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Mixture will look curdled; this is normal. Add in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla and maple extracts. Add in half of the flour mixture and mix until combined. Pour in buttermilk and mix until combined. Add in remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined. Batter will be thin. Stir in pecans. Divide batter evenly amongst the cavities of the prepared pan.
- Place pan into the preheated oven and bake until the bottom of the cakes spring back lightly when touched, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool cakes in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make the frosting: mix cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add in powdered sugar, maple syrup, vanilla extract, maple extract, and salt; beat until mixture is completely smooth. Pour in heavy cream and mix until well incorporated. Frost mini cakes as desired, and sprinkle additional chopped pecans on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 648.4 calories, Carbohydrate 66.7 g, Cholesterol 164.9 mg, Fat 39.8 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 8.7 g, SaturatedFat 17.7 g, Sodium 393.5 mg, Sugar 44.6 g
MAPLE PECAN POUND CAKE
Make and share this Maple Pecan Pound Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Cake: preheat the oven to 325°; grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray and dust it with flour; tap out the excess flour.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Combine the eggs, maple extract and vanilla in a glass measuring cup and lightly beat.
- *Throughout the mixing of the batter, stop mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed*.
- Combine the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl; cream with an electric mixer on med-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes; stir in the maple syrup until smooth.
- Decrease mixer speed to med-low; pour the egg mixture into the bowl in a slow stream; mix until incorporated.
- Decrease mixer speed to low; add the flour mixture, 1/2 at a time; after the last addition, mix for 30 seconds.
- Stir in pecans.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula.
- Bake the cake until it is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, invert it onto a wire rack, and then turn it right side up on a rack to cool completely.
- Glaze: combine the glaze ingredients in a bowl; whisk until smooth.
- Move the whisk back and forth across the cake, drizzling it over the top and letting it drip down the sides.
- Let stand until the glaze sets, about 1 hour.
- Slice and serve; store uneaten cake in a cake keeper.
PUMPKIN-PECAN POUND CAKE
From Cooking Light's 1996 Annual Cookbook. This is baked in a 10-inch tube pan and would probably be pretty good with some sort of maple or bourbon glaze. Let me know if you frost or glaze it with anything!
Provided by the_cookie_lady
Categories Dessert
Time 1h50m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Beat margarine at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugars, beating well. Add egg substitute and beat well.
- Combine pumpkin and bourbon, stirring well. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; add to margarine mixture alternately with pumpkin mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition.
- Sprinkle pecans over bottom of a 10-inch tube pan coated with cooking spray. Spoon batter over pecans. Bake @ 325 degrees for 1 hour and 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center come out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 227.4, Fat 7.2, SaturatedFat 1.2, Cholesterol 0.2, Sodium 180.9, Carbohydrate 35.4, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 22, Protein 3.9
Tips:
- Prep your ingredients in advance: This will make the baking process faster and more efficient.
- Make sure the butter is at room temperature: This will help it cream properly with the sugar.
- Don't overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven: This will help prevent the cake from sinking in the middle.
- Check the cake for doneness with a toothpick: The cake is done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it: This will help prevent the frosting from melting.
- Store the cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days: The cake can also be frozen for up to 2 months.
Conclusion:
The brown sugar maple and pecan pound cake is a delicious and classic dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist, flavorful crumb and decadent frosting, this cake is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. If you're looking for a special treat to make for your next party or gathering, this cake is definitely worth trying.
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