Brown Sugar Pound Cake (with Walnut Icing)

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 16
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 264.6
  • Total Fat: 7.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 81.4 mg
  • Sodium: 270.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 39.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.5 g
  • Protein: 4.3 g

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Introduction

Delicious pound cake with a walnut icing (icing included in nutritional breakdown...only 264 calories!) Delicious pound cake with a walnut icing (icing included in nutritional breakdown...only 264 calories!)
Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

    Cake:
    ¾ cup light butter
    3 ounces cream cheese
    ½ teaspoon salt
    ¾ cup SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend
    1¾ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    5 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon almond extract

    Icing:
    1 1/2 c. Brown sugar
    1/3 c. Water
    2 Egg whites
    Dash of Salt
    1 tsp Vanilla
    1/4 c. chopped walnuts

Directions

Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

Add the salt, SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, flour and baking powder, mix to combine, the batter will be stiff.

Add the extracts followed by one egg. Continue adding the eggs one at a time beating for at least 1 minute in between each addition. The batter should be light and fluffy.

Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove cake from the oven, after 5 minutes turn out of pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Top icing below.

Icing:
Boil sugar and water together. Beat egg whites stiff and gradually add in sugar mixture in a steady stream beating constantly, till frosting holds shape.Add in salt, vanilla, and walnuts.


Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NMT1029.