Sock It to Me Cake

Total Time Prep Time: 25 mins. Cook Time: 1 hr. + cooling
Yield 12 slices
The boldly-named Sock It to Me Cake is a sour cream pound cake with pecans swirled through. It's topped with a creamy glaze and toasted pecans that make it as enticing to the eyes as it is to the appetite.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 6 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 container (8 ounces) sour cream
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
  • 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • GLAZE:
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoons whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple extract, optional
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan; set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy and pale in color, 4-5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, until fluffy. Add vanilla extract until combined. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture, alternating with sour cream, in three additions. Mix until just combined.
  4. In a small bowl, combine chopped pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon.
  5. Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared pan; sprinkle with pecan mixture. Top with remaining batter.
  6. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 60-70 minutes. Let cake rest on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert the pan to remove cake onto the wire rack; cool completely.
  7. In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar, milk, maple syrup and if desired, maple extract. Spoon glaze over the cake, then sprinkle with chopped pecans.

Nutrition Facts

1 slice: 638 calories, 30g fat (14g saturated fat), 147mg cholesterol, 319mg sodium, 86g carbohydrate (60g sugars, 2g fiber), 8g protein.

Sock it to me was a popular phrase in the late '60s and early '70s that means something like lay it on me," as in "yes, I'll have a slice!" Our Sock It to Me Cake starts with a homemade pound cake, with pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon ribboned through and a creamy maple-vanilla glaze drizzled on top. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
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