Brown Sugar Pound Cupcakes

• 3 C flour
• 2 tsp baking powder 
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 8 oz (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 1/4 C packed light-brown sugar
• 4 large eggs, room temperature
• 3/4 C buttermilk 

1. Preheat oven to 325'. Line muffin tins with liners or spray with non-stick spray. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl and set aside. Cream butter and sugar in mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
2. Reduce speed to low. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk, ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
3. Bake cupcakes for 25 minutes.
4. Set rack with cupcakes over a parchment covered baking sheet. Pour glaze over tops, and let stand until set. 

Glaze:

• 4 oz (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 2 C sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2-4 Tbsp milk

1. Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Carefully pour butter in a bowl, leaving sediment behind.
2. Add sugar, vanilla, and 2 Tbsp milk to butter, and stir until smooth. If glaze is too thick, add more milk. Use immediately. 

I did lots and lots of cooking and baking while waiting for Porter to make his grand debut (3 weeks late, I'm still amazed at how late he was!). And this is one of the recipes that I tried at that time. They were so delicious, my mom wanted to eat the frosting off of all of them! I thought of this today because I found a bag of brown sugar that I know I made Isaac run out and buy because we had run out in the middle of my cooking frenzy. We used to live right around the corner from Tops and I would only go there if it was an emergency (not a Tops fan), like I was in the middle of cooking and needed something right then, and this brown sugar bag that I just found was from Tops. (we're still unearthing things from our move, I have since bought a different bag of brown sugar).  It made me think of that time before Porter was here. It seems so long ago now, because it just seems like Porter has been here forever now. So these cupcakes remind me of that time and the waiting and feeling like I had to be doing something. 

Click here to see the post about these cupcakes back in February.