Brown Sugar-Buttermilk Pound Cakes

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

5 small loaf cakes

Source: Southern Living

Categories: Cake, Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • nonstick cooking spray

Directions

  1. In a bowl, beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.

  2. Gradually add in sugars, beating until light and fluffy.

  3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed just until blended after each addition.

  4. In another bowl, stir together buttermilk and baking soda.

  5. Combine flour and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

  6. Beat at low speed after each addition just until blended; stir in vanilla.

  7. Spray five 5 ¾ x 3 ¼ inch disposable foil loaf pans with cooking spray.

  8. Pour batter evenly into pans (about 1 cup batter per pan).

  9. Bake in a preheated 325° oven for 50-55 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.

  10. Cool cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.

  11. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.

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