Brown Sugar Pound Cake with Caramel

This is a buttery rich pound cake, moist and dense, drizzled with a milky caramel – made from sweetened condensed milk!  Brown Sugar Pound Cake is unbelievably delicious.

Brrown sugar Caramel pound cake
Brown Sugar Pound Cake, drizzled with milky caramel

Brown Sugar Pound Cake with Caramel

We just returned from a long road trip over the holiday weekend.  (I also introduced the most amazing Thick ‘n chewy TRIPLE Chocolate Cookies, just in case you missed it.)

Armed with our barely used minivan DVD player and snacks, we packed up The Littles and set out for a lengthy drive up to the North Shore.   After living in Minnesota for nearly six years, it’s high time we took the plunge and headed “up north” where apparently all the locals spend their summer days.

We must have felt a need to make up for all these past summers that we never did the up-north thing, because we went well past Duluth and all the way up through Grand Marais. We went so far as to set our feet on the Canadian border.

Brown Sugar Caramel Pound Cake 2
Buttery and richly satisfying, just like a pound cake should be

I was clueless to the fact that we needed more than shorts and hoodies.  I mean, really. Nobody told me about the ominous thunderstorms that weave in and out all day long.  The kind that makes you pull over to the side of a dirt road ’cause you can’t see a thing in front of you.

Pathetically, I scoured the small town gift shops looking for pants for The Littles.  Apparently, pants are not a hot gift shop item.

Thankfully, we did get to make our way to some crazy gorgeous waterfalls and hiking trails, covered by canopies of beautiful forest trees.  It’s the kind of nature that reaches all your senses and puts you in awe.

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Brown sugar gives depth to this pound cake

And, despite the windy hailstorms we encountered, we had a phenomenal time sightseeing and sampling the local eats of the North Shore.

We munched on freshly made donuts so good, they’re literally dubbed the “World’s Best.”  I had one of the best pizzas ever, made by a guy named Sven.  #Truth.

Naturally, we didn’t forget to bring a truckload of goodies for road trip munchies.  I clearly didn’t bring enough.

I wish we hadn’t eaten all of this Brown Sugar Caramel Pound Cake so soon.

Brown Sugar caramel bundt cake
Don’t skip the milky caramel drizzle in this pound cake recipe

Not your traditional pound cake

This is some awesome pound cake.  It’s not a traditional pound cake like this buttery one, which we also highly adore.

This Brown Sugar Caramel Pound Cake is packed with, well, brown sugar.  It’s rich and dense.  Moist and buttery (very buttery.)  It’s lathered in a creamy milky caramel.

Not any caramel, but a caramel made from sweetened condensed milk, so you KNOW it’s got to be great.

Dulche de Leche
Special caramel made with sweetened condensed milk

Pound Cake is for both breakfast and dessert

I couldn’t stop scraping the pan and eating every last bit of yummy cake scraps.  Desperate, maybe.  Insane, not really.  Worth it, totally.

This Brown Sugar Caramel Pound Cake is the perfect brunch treat, next to your favorite cup of joe.  It’s also a fabulous dessert, next to a tall glass of milk.

It’s also great for slicing up and taking on a road trip.  Just sayin’.

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Brown Sugar Caramel Pound Cake

This Brown Sugar Caramel Pound Cake is rich, moist, and supremely buttery. Be sure to generously grease and flour your pan, so the cake doesn’t stick to it. The milky caramel drizzle is amazing.

  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cook Time: 80 min
  • Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Yield: 14 1x

Ingredients

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For the Cake:

  • 1 1/2 cups salted butter, softened
  • 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 5 large eggs, room temp
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp table salt
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 4 oz crunchy toffee chips
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped

For the Caramel:

  • 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 2 TB salted butter
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F, with rack on lower middle position.
  2. Generously grease and flour the bottom and sides of a large/deep Bundt pan.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugars until fluffy and light using medium-high speed. Add eggs and beat to combine. Add milk and beat to combine.
  4. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to the butter batter on low speed, just until combined; do not over mix.
  5. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the toffee bits and pecans into the batter. Transfer to greased/floured Bundt. There should be about 11/2 inches of room left at the top, if pan is large enough. If not, be sure to leave room at the top for rising.
  6. Bake 80-82 minutes or just until a toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean, with a few tender crumbs attached. If cake browns too quickly, cover lightly with foil during the last 15-30 minutes of baking.
  7. Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes. Very carefully separate the cake from pan by running a very thin knife around the sides and center. Gently remove cake from pan and let it cool completely on wire rack.
  8. When almost ready to serve, make the caramel drizzle: In a saucepan, combine sweetened condensed milk with brown sugar. Bring to a boil over mdeium high heat, whisking often. Immediately reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, whisking often.
  9. Whisk in butter and vanilla and simmer/whisk for another 5 minutes. Caramel should be a thickened consistency. If not, whisk a bit longer and let it cool a bit to gain thickness. Drizzle the caramel while it is still quite warm. Once it cools, it will become thick and sticky.

Notes

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Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 643
  • Sugar: 60.9 g
  • Sodium: 324.2 mg
  • Fat: 32.6 g
  • Carbohydrates: 83.3 g
  • Protein: 7.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 130.3 mg
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: American

Keywords: brown sugar bundt cake, brown sugar pound cake, pound cake

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Here is my all-time best pound cake ever.  Moist, Buttery Pound Cake.

Buttery Pound Cake

Do yourself a happy, hungry favor and make this Buttery Poppyseed Bread.  It’s called bread, but pssst.  It’s really more of a pound cake that you’ll dream of for days after.  Nothing is richer, denser, moister, or buttery-er.

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If you’re in the summery mood for lemon, you’ll love this Lemon Almond Poppy Bread.  It’s awesome for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.  I’ll take it anytime of day, every single day.

Lemon Poppyseed Almond Bread

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17 comments

    • Monica

    I can’t wait to try it. Do I add all the eggs at one time?

      • chewoutloud

      Yes, Monica, you can add them at same time 🙂 Enjoy and happy baking!

    • wright-1

    Making this beauty, 2night

    • Texas Smiles

    This will be my first bundt pan recipe. What size bundt pan do I use?

      • chewoutloud

      I use a standard bundt pan, not sure what size… I’d say 9 or 10 inch? Hope you love it!

        • Texas smiles

        Soo good! My first pound cake! I made it for a work potluck and it turned out great!! Thanks for the recipe!!

          • chewoutloud

          yay, so happy to hear it! Thanks for taking time to let us know! 🙂

    • Melissa

    I made this for my boyfriend and he loved it! It seems to be a fairly easy recipe to follow 🙂

      • chewoutloud

      Yay, great job, Melissa! Thanks for coming over to let us know you liked it 🙂

    • marii123

    Wow!! I made this last night and it turned out beautiful. I made my own toffee chips and halved the recipe and baked in a loaf pan as I don’t have a Bundt pan. I cut it up into blocks and served with custard. i threw some choc chips into the caramel sauce and drizzled that on top. It was absolutely DIVINE!!!

    Thank you solo much for this recipe! 🙂

      • chewoutloud

      Awesome job, Mariam! Thanks for letting us know 🙂

    • martha beecher

    cant wait to try this cake looks so good

      • chewoutloud

      So glad you stopped by today, Martha! 🙂

    • huntfortheverybest

    it looks sooo good!

      • chewoutloud

      Thanks, and enjoy! It really is yum! 🙂

    • Liz

    Nice recipe. Thanks so much.

      • chewoutloud

      You’re welcome, Liz, and thanks for coming over! 🙂

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