Description
A buttery sour cream pound cake layered with a crackly cinnamon pecan swirl and finished with a smooth vanilla bean drizzle.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- ½ cup finely chopped toasted pecans (optional)
- 3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 cup (225g) unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup neutral vegetable oil
- 1¾ cups (350g) granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240g) full-fat sour cream, room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp heavy cream or whole milk
- ½ tsp vanilla paste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 165°C (325°F).
- Grease and flour a 10-to-12-cup bundt pan thoroughly.
- In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, and chopped pecans.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt.
- In a stand mixer, beat butter, vegetable oil, and granulated sugar on medium-high speed for 4 to 5 minutes until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing fully after each addition.
- Stir in the vanilla extract.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and add one-third of the dry ingredients.
- Add half of the sour cream and continue alternating dry ingredients and sour cream.
- Mix just until combined without overmixing.
- Spoon half of the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon swirl mixture evenly over the batter.
- Top with the remaining batter and smooth the surface.
- Bake for 55 to 65 minutes until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes.
- Invert onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Whisk powdered sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla paste until smooth.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake before serving.
Notes
Avoid overmixing the batter to keep the pound cake tender. Keep the cinnamon swirl slightly away from the edges of the pan to prevent sticking when unmolding.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 540
- Sugar: 39g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 29g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 66g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 120mg