Brown Sugar Pound Cake

By cgipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c butter, softened
• 2 1/4 c brown sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 c flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 c sour cream
• GLAZE
• 3 T butter
• 1/4 c chopped pecans
• 1 c 10X sugar
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• dash salt
• 2-3 T half-and-half cream

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a fluted pan.
Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating after each addition just until combined.
Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until toothpick is clean, 55-65 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.
Glaze: Combine butter and pecans in a saucepan, stirring constantly until butter is golden brown, 4-5 miutes. Stir in 10X sugar and vanilla, salt and cream to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cake.