Brown Sugar Swirl Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

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recipe by CakeSpy http://unicornlove.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 30mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    746
based on 3 ratings

I found this old treasure when going through my mom's old collection: silver white cake, AKA my childhood birthday cake. The frosting compliments the sugar swirls within perfectly.

Inspired by: http://www.cakespy.com/blog/2014/8/20/brown-sugar-swirl-birthday-cake-with-brown-sugar-frosting.html

recipe updated Feb 23, 2022

Ingredients

  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    260 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    305 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    3 ½ teaspoons
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    115 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    240 ml
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    2 teaspoons
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 ⅔ teaspoons
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    1 tablespoon
  • Brown sugar icon
    Brown sugar
    2 tablespoons
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    230 g
  • Light brown sugar icon
    Light brown sugar
    195 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    735 g
  • Half and half icon
    Half and half
    60 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Microwave
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Round pan - 8"
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  2. Prepare 2 clean round pans
  3. Add all purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salted butter, milk, vanilla extract and salt to a clean large mixing bowl
  4. Beat - 2 min, low speed
  5. Add the eggs, and increase the speed to high, scraping the bowl occasionally, for 2 more minutes, or until the mixture is pretty much smooth and lump free
  6. Add salted butter to a clean small bowl
  7. Melt in microwave - low heat
  8. Add brown sugar to the small bowl
  9. Mix together until thick
  10. Fold into the cake mixture, trying to incorporate little bits of the mixture throughout the batter
  11. Pour into the prepared pans
  12. Bake round pans until golden brown - 40 min, 175°C
  13. While the cakes bake, make the frosting: add salted butter, light brown sugar and ground cinnamon to a clean large mixing bowl
  14. Cream together until smooth
  15. Add powdered sugar
  16. Mix until combined - low speed
  17. Add half and half, vanilla extract and salt
  18. Stir until incorporated
  19. Add the remaining confectioners sugar to your taste. If it becomes too stiff, add a bit more cream
  20. When the cakes are ready, remove tthem from the oven and immediately run a sharp knife around the perimeter of the pans to loosen the cakes
  21. After a few minutes, invert them on to a wire rack to cool completely
  22. Assemble the cake
  23. Serve
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