Pound Cake With Caramel Icing Recipes

CARAMEL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• Cream together 1cup butter or margarine, shortening, brown sugar, and 1 cup white sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Sift 2 1/2 cups of the flour and baking powder. Add alternately with milk to the creamed mixture. Stir 1/2 cup flour with the chopped pecans, then fold into the batter. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let stand in pan 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: In a small saucepan, beat 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar, butter or margarine, and milk together. Bring to a rolling boil, and cook for one minute. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Cool, then beat until thickened. Add a little milk if it too thick. Spread on cake.

CARAMEL-FROSTED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with shortening; lightly flour.
• In large bowl, beat 3 cups sugar and 1 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and almond extract. Alternately add flour, about 1 cup at a time, and whipping cream, about 1/3 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted halfway between side and center of pan comes out clean. Cool 30 minutes. Run knife around side of pan to loosen cake; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In 8- or 10-inch skillet, heat 1/4 cup of the sugar over medium heat until amber colored, about 6 minutes, shaking pan occasionally (do not stir). Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, heat remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter and the milk to boiling over medium-high heat. Gradually stir in caramelized sugar with whisk; cook and stir to 232°F. Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Using offset spatula and working quickly, frost cake (frosting will harden as it cools). Let stand 30 minutes before slicing.

CARAMEL-FROSTED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch (16-cup) tube pan with shortening.
• Beat 3 cups sugar and 1 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and almond extract. Add flour alternately with whipping cream, beginning and ending with flour, beating well after each addition. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
• Meanwhile, make the Caramel Frosting: Heat 1/4 cup sugar in an 8- or 10-inch skillet over medium heat until amber colored, about 6 minutes, shaking pan occasionally (do not stir). Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar, butter, and milk in a 3-qt. saucepan to boiling over medium-high heat. Gradually stir in caramelized sugar with a whisk; cook until a candy thermometer registers 232°F. Remove from heat; cool, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
• Using an offset spatula and working quickly, spread Caramel Frosting over cake (frosting will harden as it cools). Let stand 30 minutes before slicing.

POUND CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING & APRICOT-GINGER SPRINKLES

Steps:

• POUND CAKE:.
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugars, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition.
• Stir together flour, salt, and baking soda.
• Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loaf pans.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes.
• Remove cakes from pans, and let cool 2 hours or until completely cool.
• PREPARE CARAMEL ICING:.
• Bring first 4 ingredients to a full rolling boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring often.
• Boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
• Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 to 4 minutes or until thickened.
• Use immediately.
• Pour over cake, allowing it to drip down sides of cake.
• APRICOT-GINGER SPRINKLES:.
• Toss all ingredients together, and top pound cake no more than one hour before serving.
• Let stand 30 minutes or until icing is firm.
• Enjoy!

THE BEST CARAMEL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• For cake, beat sugars and butter or margarine at medium speed until well blended.
• Add oil, beating until blended.
• Add eggs one at a time beating just until yellow disappears.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to egg mixture alternately with milk.
• Beat at low speed until well blended, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in vanilla extract.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes, remove from pan and cool completely.
• Drizzle with Caramel frosting.
• Caramel Frosting:.
• Bring first 4 ingredients to boil in medium saucepan, stirring often.
• Boil, stirring constantly for 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Add baking powder and vanilla.
• Beat at medium speed for 5-7 minutes.
• Drizzle quickly over cake.

APPLE HARVEST POUND CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; stir into the batter just until blended. Fold in the apples and walnuts using a spoon. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the crown or the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for about 20 minutes then invert on to a wire rack.
• Make the glaze by heating the butter, milk and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then remove from the heat. Drizzle over the warm cake. I like to place a sheet of aluminum foil under the cooling rack to catch the drips for easy clean up.