Brown Sugar Pound Cake

(from cbs4444’s recipe box)

Source: Mom (from RecipeThing user nick)

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 c flour, sifted
  • 1/2 t baking powder
  • 1 c butter, softened
  • 1/2 c vegetable shortening
  • 3 1/4 c brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 5 eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 c milk (room temperature)
  • Butter pecan frosting

Directions

  1. eheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a 10-in bundt pan.

  2. Sift flour and paking powder onto wax paper.

  3. Beat butter, shortening and sugar in a large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until mixture is fluffy.

  4. Add flour mixture 1/3 at a time, alternately with milk just until blended.

  5. Pour batter into prepared pan.

  6. Bake in preheated oven for an hour and a half or until the top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.

  7. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 15 minutes. Loosen around edge and tube with knife; invert cake on wire rack, shake gently, remove pan and cool cake completely.

  8. Frost with butter pecan frosting, allowing it to drip down sides and center.

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