Griddled Pound Cake with Pecan Caramel Sauce Recipe
Pound cake with a pecan caramel sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney)
- 1/2-teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4-teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter; softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature for 30 minutes
- 1-teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2-cup whole milk, at room temperature
- Heavy Cream 1/2 cup
- Light Brown Sugar 1 cup
- Butter (softened) 1/2 cup
- Chopped Pecans 1/4 cup
Pound Cake
Pecan Sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Generously butter and flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney) loaf pan, knocking out excess flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney).
- Whisk together flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney), baking powder, and salt.
- Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a stand mixer or 5 with a handheld.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and then add vanilla.
- Reduce speed to low and add flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney) mixture and milk alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney) and mixing until just incorporated.
- Spoon batter into loaf pan and bake until golden and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out with crumbs adhering, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
- Cool cake in pan on a rack 30 minutes, then invert onto rack and cool completely.
- Cut a piece of pound cake into a size you like.
- Brush the pound cake with butter and heat using a griddle or a non-stick saute pan until both sides are golden brown.
- Serve with the heated Pecan-Carmel sauce and any ice cream flavor you would like.
- In saute pan over low heat combine heavy cream and light brown sugar.
- Stir until brown sugar is dissolved.
- Add butter a little at a time and stir until all ingredients are well combined.
- Stir 2 more minutes.
- Remove from heat and add chopped pecans.
Pound Cake
Pecan Sauce