husband's favorite almost homemade cake

Name: Husband's Favorite Almost Homemade Cake
Ingredients: - 1 box white or yellow cake mix.; - vegetable oil.; - 3 large eggs; - water; - almond extract/1 1/2 tsps. and 4 oz. chopped pecan pieces; - 1 pk. toffee chips/with chocolate or plain/1/2 of bag; - frosting:; - 8 ounces cream cheese; - 1 stick unsalted butter; - 1 tsp.pure vanilla extract; - about 4 cups confectioner's sugar; - 2-3 ounces of pecans; - 1/2 of the package left of toffee chips

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Lana Bade

Goshen, NJ

Updated on Mar 3, 2010

I created this cake with things I had on-hand one day,now EVERYONE requests it!So easy,tastes so great!

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Ingredients

- 1 box white or yellow cake mix.
- vegetable oil.
- 3 large eggs
- water
- almond extract/1 1/2 tsps. and 4 oz. chopped pecan pieces
- 1 pk. toffee chips/with chocolate or plain/1/2 of bag
- frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 tsp.pure vanilla extract
- about 4 cups confectioner's sugar
- 2-3 ounces of pecans
- 1/2 of the package left of toffee chips

How To Make husband's favorite almost homemade cake

Step 1

Follow the directions on cake mix box using the 3 eggs etc..

Step 2

Add the almond extract into above,stirring in well.
Step 3

Mix 1/2 package in of toffee chips by hand,gently folding them in.
Step 4

Mix in 4 ounces chopped pecans.
Step 5

Bake according to package ingredients in a 9X10 cake pan,or 2 round 9 inch pans.
Step 6

Cool completely before icing!
Step 7

FROSTING:
Step 8

Cream together butter and cream cheese together well. Add the vanilla extract. Slowly,add the confectioner's sugar till creamy,but not too loose..
Step 9

Completely ice the cooled cake, .
Step 10

In a small food processor,add remainder of bag of toffee chips,chop till crumbly,fine chopped. Add about 2-4 ounces pecans,process till chopped finely.
Step 11

Mix toffee chips and chopped pecans well in a bowl. TOP THE ICING ALL OVER.
Step 12

Garnish with whole pecan halves if desired!
Step 13

SO UNIQUE AND FLavorfull,yet so easy to make.tastes like a bakery confection!
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