Smitten Kitchen: Brown Sugar Sprinkle Pound Cake

Brown Sugar Sprinkle Pound Cake

Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temperature

 2 1/4 cups brown sugar

3 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

5 eggs

3/4 cup buttermilk

 1 canister multi-colored sprinkles

Icing

2/3 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a round cake pan. Combine dry ingredients.

Cream butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until combined.

Add flour mixture alternating with the buttermilk mixture. You want to start with the 1/3 of the flour, then 1/2 the milk, 1/3 of the flour, 1/2 the milk, and finish with the last part of flour.

Pour in desired amount of sprinkles. Beat until combined then scrape into prepared pan.

Bake until golden brown and cake tester comes out clean, rotating pans halfway through. Bake time is approximately 1 hour. Cool completely.

Combine all ingredients together in a bowl, whisking until mixture is combined. Pour over top of cooled cake and top with more sprinkles.