Simple Pecan Pound Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cake flour (whole wheat flour for chewy texture)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt or 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 12 pecan halves
• 1 tablespoon honey (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350; combine flour, baking soda and cinnamon, set aside.
• 2 cream butter and sugar in a large bowl.
• 3 add in eggs into the butter mixture, then add in yogurt, vanilla extract and flour mixture. mix well.
• 4 add in pecans.
• 5 pour the mixture into loaf pan or into muffin cups. bake for an hour if using loaf pan; 30 minutes for muffin cups. place pecan halves on top of each muffin or line them into pattern on top of the loaf.
• 6 10 minutes before end time, brush some honey on the top for coating.