Brown Butter Pound Cake
Prep
20 mins
Cook
40 mins
Servings
6
Difficulty
Easy
Moist and rich pound cake infused with the nutty flavor of browned butter, perfect for breakfast or afternoon treats.
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Ingredients
- 200 gbutter
- 400 ggranulated sugar
- 3 egglarge eggs
- 10 mLpure vanilla extract
- 500 gall-purpose flour
- 10 gsalt
- 20 gespresso powder
- 150 mLunsalted milk
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a 20cm round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- 2
In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the butter turns golden brown and has a nutty aroma.
- 3
Remove the browned butter from the heat and slowly pour in the granulated sugar while whisking until well combined.
Tip: Be careful, as the mixture will bubble up and steam vigorously.
- 4
Whisk in the large eggs one at a time, followed by the pure vanilla extract.
- 5
In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, salt, and espresso powder.
- 6
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk until just combined.
- 7
Pour in the unsalted milk and whisk until the batter is smooth.
- 8
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top.
- 9
Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 10
Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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