Salted Caramel Pound Cake

Name: Salted Caramel Pound Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: Cooking spray; 1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened; 1 c. granulated sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 c. all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 1/4 c. caramel sauce, plus more for topping; Flaky sea salt, for topping

By Laura RegePublished: Aug 6, 2019

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Yields:

8 serving(s)

Prep Time:

10 mins

Total Time:

2 hrs

Cal/Serv:

489

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This is no ordinary pound cake. It's swirled with a sweet and decadent caramel batter and topped with a healthy drizzle of salted caramel after it's baked. We recommend using our perfect caramel sauce for this recipe. But if you don't have time, store-bought caramel sauce is great, too. Just don't use caramel syrup. It's too sweet!

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Ingredients

Cooking spray
1 c.
(2 sticks) butter, softened
1 c.
granulated sugar
4
large eggs
2 c.
all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp.
baking powder
1 tsp.
kosher salt
1/4 c.
caramel sauce, plus more for topping
Flaky sea salt, for topping

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9”-x-5” loaf pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. Step 2In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Scrape 1/4 of batter into a medium bowl and fold in caramel sauce until combined.
3. Step 3Alternating between batters, spoon large dollops into prepared pan. Insert a wooden skewer into the pan, so it touches the bottom and make four figure-eight patterns. Remove skewer.
4. Step 4Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour.
5. Step 5Let cool 10 minutes then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
6. Step 6Drizzle cooled cake with more caramel and sprinkle with sea salt.