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Brown Sugar Pound Cakes

If you are using the miniloaf pans, place them on a baking sheet, and bake cakes for about forty-five minutes.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaves or six 5 3/4-by-3 1/4-inch miniloaves

Ingredients

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar
5 large eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pans; set aside. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.

    Step 2

    In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add eggs one at a time, beating until combined.

    Step 3

    Add the reserved flour mixture in three batches, alternating with the buttermilk and beginning and ending with the flour; beat until combined. Divide the batter between the prepared pans, and smooth with an offset spatula.

    Step 4

    Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until cakes are golden brown and a cake tester inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 1 hour. Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool 10 minutes.Turn out cakes onto the rack to cool completely. Cakes can be kept at room temperature, wrapped well in plastic, for up to 3 days.

Reprinted with permission from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook by Martha Stewart. © 2005 Clarkson Potter
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