Brown Sugar Cake

A Brown Sugar Bundt Cake on a glass cake stand being drizzled with Caramel Glaze

5 from 18 votes

Reminiscent of a pound cake, this delicious cake is flavored with brown sugar, vanilla, and buttermilk for a bit of tang. It's perfect for dessert or even a breakfast treat.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Brown Sugar Bundt Cake, brown sugar cake, bundt cake recipes, cake recipes

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings slices

Calories 426

Author Erren Hart

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon salt
2½ cups Brown Sugar packed
½ cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Butter softened
5 Eggs at room temperature
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Buttermilk at room temperature

For The Glaze:

1½ sticks butter (¾ cup)
1 cup brown sugar packed packed
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

For the cake:

Preheat oven to 350°F/176°C. Generously grease and flour a 12-cup capacity Bundt Cake pan (measuring about 10 inches in diameter) and set aside.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl or mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar, and Granulated sugar until light and fluffy. (around 3 minutes is perfect)
In a separate bowl combine the wet ingredients.
Add a third of the flour to the creamed butter and a third of the egg mixture. Mix until combined, repeat with another third of each, then fold the remaining flour and egg mixture by hand, until fully incorporated, scraping off the bottom of the bowl to ensure all the ingredients are thoroughly combined. The batter will be thick.
Bake for 55 - 65 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

For the glaze:

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the brown sugar to the melted butter and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute (be sure the butter and sugar are completely combined and you can't see any separated butter in the mixture). Bring to a boil over medium heat. Continue cooking, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Add the milk and vanilla. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Continue cooking, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and set aside to cool. The longer it cools, the thicker it becomes. When it's at your desired consistency, drizzle over the cooled cake and serve.

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