Brown Sugar Walnut Pound Cake

By cuznvin

Ingredients

• Makes 2 cakes
• * FOR THE CAKE
• 1 * 1 pound (3 1/4 cups) all-purpose flour
• 1 * 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• 4 * 4 sticks softened unsalted butter, plus more for pans
• 2 * 2 cups packed dark-brown sugar
• 1 * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 9 * 9 large, room-temperature eggs
• 2 * 2 cups toasted, chopped walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

# Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine flour and 1 tablespoon salt in a bowl.
# Cream 4 sticks butter and dark-brown sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
# Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Fold walnuts into finished batter. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops.
# Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.