{"id":214649,"date":"2025-06-24T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=214649"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:24:58","slug":"brown-sugar-pound-cake","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/recipe\/brown-sugar-pound-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Sugar Pound Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The following recipe comes from the family archives of Charlotte Lyons, cookbook author and former longtime food editor at <\/em>Ebony<em> magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In matters of desserts, the African American palate remains one that <em>loves<\/em> sweet desserts. This is a brown sugar pound cake that has lasted the test of time in Charlotte\u2019s family, with few changes. A generation after Ma Jessie Harris\u2019s (<em>not<\/em> me!) sweet potato cake recipe entered into the family repertoire, this cake was developed by Ma Jessie\u2019s daughter\u2014Charlotte\u2019s great-aunt, Myra Harris Slaughter. Here Charlotte has lightened it up while retaining the classic pound cake taste. With the light molasses flavor of brown sugar both in the cake and in the glaze, and a generous helping of nuts and coconut, this has a depth that sets it apart from other pound cakes. \u2014Jessica B. 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