Caramel Nut Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 lb light brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 important: all ingredients must be at room temperature.
• 2 mix butter and crisco.
• 3 add brown sugar, a little at a time, and beat well.
• 4 add sugar and beat until fluffy.
• 5 add eggs one at a time.
• 6 add vanilla.
• 7 sift flour, salt and baking powder together.
• 8 add flour mixture alternately with milk. fold in pecans.
• 9 pour into a greased tube cake pan.
• 10 bake at 325f for 1 1/2 hours.
• 11 when cake comes out of oven, begin making frosting. (frosting will harden if made first.)
• 12 while cake is warm, pour frosting over cake.
• 13 frosting: combine butter, brown sugar and milk in saucepan and cook 2 1/2 minutes after coming to a boil.
• 14 remove from heat.
• 15 add pecans and pour immediately over warm cake.