Brown Butter Pound Cake

Name: Brown Butter Pound Cake
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 473 milliliters sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring); 4 larges eggs; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 sticks unsalted butter; 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Brown Butter Pound Cake Head to the store and pick up baking powder, brown sugar, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 5 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F with rack in middle. Butter and lightly flour an 8 1/2-by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Heat butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat until milk solids on bottom are a dark chocolate brown.

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Dark Chocolate

Butter

Milk

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a shallow bowl and chill in freezer until just congealed, about 15 minutes.

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Bowl

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Beat together brown butter and sugars with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutes.

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Butter

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

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Vanilla

Egg

At low speed, mix in flour mixture until just incorporated.

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All Purpose Flour

Transfer batter to pan, smoothing top, then rap pan on counter to settle batter.

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Frying Pan

Bake until golden-brown and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Cool in pan 30 minutes, then invert cake onto a rack and cool completely, right side up, 1 hour.

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Oven

Frying Pan