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Brown Butter Loaf Cake

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup brown butter cooled and solidified but still soft, divided
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract divided
  • cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ plus ¼ teaspoon kosher salt divided
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 10 inch loaf tin with parchment or spray well with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, beat together ¾ cup of the brown butter and granulated sugar until fluffy and lightened in color, about 2-3 minutes. Beat in eggs until light and fluffy, then add 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and mix.
  • In a medium size bowl, whisk together flour, nutmeg, baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt.
  • Mix in about ⅓ of the dry ingredient above into the creamed sugar mixture, mixing until just barely combined. Then mix in about ½ of the buttermilk. Add another ⅓ of dry ingredients, then ½ of buttermilk, then final ⅓ of dry ingredients, mixing between each until just barely incorporated. Be careful not to over mix.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, until loaf appears set and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool completely.
  • While the cake cools, make the glaze. Melt the remaining ¼ cup browned butter just until it becomes liquid again, then cool for a few minutes until no longer hot. To the melted brown butter, add powdered sugar, milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and salt, stirring until smooth.
  • Let cake cool completely, then spread glaze over the top.
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