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Willard Scott's Brown Sugar Pound Cake




Source of Recipe


From �Mama�s Cooking: Celebrities Remember Mama�s Best Recipe�


List of Ingredients




2 sticks butter
� cup Crisco shortening
5 eggs
1 lb. and 1 cup light brown sugar
3� cups plain flour
� tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk


Recipe



Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Let eggs and butter �sit� till they�re at room temperature. Cream together butter and Crisco. Add 5 eggs one at a time, creaming after each. Add brown sugar. Sift together flour and baking powder. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to sugar mixture. Bake in greased and floured tube pan for 1� to 1� hours.

Frosting:
1 stick butter
1 cup chopped pecans
1 box confectioners� sugar
Milk to thin

Toast pecans in butter in thick broiler pan in the oven till they brown well. Let cool a little. In a bowl add confectioners� sugar to pecan mixture. Add milk enough to thin to spreading consistency. Spread on top of cake. Some should �drip� down sides and center but should not be spread anywhere except on top.