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Butter Pecan Cake Recipe


Butter Pecan Cake Recipe
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Toasting the nuts in butter before adding to this cake adds extra flavor and keeps the nuts in the cake and the frosting crunchy!

Jett2whit

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Ingredients
  • 2/3 Cup butter or margarine (BUTTER, please!!)
  • 1 1/3 Cups white granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 Cup milk
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1-1/3 Cups chopped pecans, toasted, divided
  • BUTTER PECAN FROSTING
  • 3 Tablespoons butter or margarine (you know what I'm gonna say...)
  • 3 Cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
  • 3 Tablespoons milk
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla.....(go ahead and use a whole teaspoon!)

Directions
  1. *How to toast pecans;
  2. To toast 1-1/3 Cups chopped nuts, pour 3 Tablespoons melted butter or margarine into a baking pan. Stir in nuts. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10 minutes, stirring twice. Cool. Use as directed in recipe below.
  3. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light & fluffy
  4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  5. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
  6. Stir in vanilla and 1 Cup toasted pecans (See how to toast pecans*)
  7. Pour batter into two greased & floured 8-in. round baking pans.
  8. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  9. Butter Pecan Frosting;
  10. Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
  11. Add milk and vanilla; beat until light & fluffy. Add additional milk if needed.
  12. Stir in remaining pecans.
  13. Spread between the layers and over the top and sides of cake.

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Comments


My husband's in for a treat....he loves Butter Pecan anything! Thanks!


This sounds delicious, Jett---Thanks for sharing your recipe! I love butter pecan----too bad my hubby doesn't----oh well, more for me!!!lol :)
Hope you have a great day, cuz! :) I'm not doin' a whole lot today....just housework and hangin' out w/the pets....it's getting ready to storm out....
Later tomater! :)
~Melinda


This looks good to me!


Another great one!!


LOOKS AWESOME ,THANKS FOR SHARING


Thanks so much for being a cooking buddy. I now have 3[but thats not too bad for a day and a half]. WOW! I cannot wait to try this recipe. I'm a NUT over anything pecan [especially butter pecan]. I think this will be a treat for this weekend. It's cold with snow showers predicted for most of the weekend so it will be a good time to bake!


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