butter pecan cake
I am always looking for ways to use the pecans that we have growing in our yard. This is a wonderful cake with Butter Pecan Frosting.
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Ingredients
- CAKE
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/3 cups pecans, chopped
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- BUTTER PECAN FROSTING
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon milk
- 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- - reserved pecans
How To Make butter pecan cake
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Step 1Melt 3 tablespoons butter in 9"x13" pan in 350-degree oven. When butter is melted add pecans and toast for 10 minutes. Cool
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Step 2Cream butter, in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy and sugar is dissolved.
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Step 3Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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Step 4Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
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Step 5Stir in vanilla and 1 cups pecans, chopped; reserving remaining pecans for the frosting.
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Step 6Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8 inch cake pans. Bake at 350-degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cool cake 10 minutes in pan. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
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Step 7FROSTING: Cream butter; add sugar, milk and vanilla. beating until light and fluffy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost cake.
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