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Butter Pecan Cake ?

Butter Pecan Cake ?

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I’m much more used to butter pecan flavor in pies, so when I came across this butter pecan cake recipe, I immediately decided that I have to try it out and I wasn’t sorry.

It’s chock full of pecans, in the batter and on top, it’s loaded with yummy vanilla cream cheese frosting, it’s moist, sweet and extremely satisfying. This butter pecan cake has it all.

The making process is pretty easy, so this cake will be faced by beginner cooks. I wouldn’t recommend swapping the buttermilk in the cake batter ingredients for anything else, in case you don’t like buttermilk taste. The sourness will go away during the baking, but the acids will react with the baking soda and add fluffiness.

I would also recommend taking roasted pecans or roasting your own, because this way they will give out more flavor.

You can keep this cake in the fridge up to 3 days, but I’m quite sure it’ll be gone long before. Serve it with coffee on a hot summer afternoon to get awesome southern vibes, and I’m sure you’ll love this recipe as much as I do!

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Ingredients

2 cups Pecans
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup milk
1 cup + 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 cup butter, for Frosting
12 oz cream cheese, for Frosting
1 tsp vanilla extract, for Frosting
5 cups powdered sugar, for Frosting
1/2 cup Pecan, for topping

Steps

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil and line 3 cake pans with parchment paper. Oil parchment paper and lightly dust pans with flour shaking out excess.
Step 2
Melt 3 Tbsp butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add pecans and cook until slightly browned. Pour and spread onto a sheet of parchment paper. Let cool.
Step 3
Mix together buttermilk and milk.
Step 4
Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds.
Step 5
Mix together butter and sugar until very pale and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time adding in vanilla with last egg.
Step 6
Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until combined, then add in 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture and mix, then repeat process once more. Finish by mixing in remaining 1/3 of the flour mixture and mix.
Step 7
Add pecans to the batter and gently fold.
Step 8
Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool.
Step 9
Frost with cream cheese frosting and top with pecans.
Step 10
Mix together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Mix in vanilla and powdered sugar and blend until smooth and fluffy.

Preparation Time: 30min
Cook Time: 25min
Ready Time: 2h 55min
Servings: 18
Cuisine: ?? French
Category: ? Cake
Difficulty Level:
Ratings:
Created: July 25, 2019

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