Frosted Butter Pecan Cake
A tasty dessert featuring moist, buttery layers of cake studded with crunchy toasted pecans, all topped with a rich, creamy frosting. This indulgent treat is perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and delighting your taste buds with its irresistible combination of flavors and textures.
Yield
8 servingsPrep
20 minCook
40 minReady
1 hrsIn a land of sweet delight,
Where flavors bloom and colors ignite,
There stands a cake with a buttery soul,
A frosted treat that makes hearts whole.
It's a pecan delight, a symphony of taste,
A crunchy symphony that can't be misplaced,
With layers of moist and buttery delight,
And a frosting so creamy, it's simply a sight.
Frosted Butter Pecan, a cake to behold,
A masterpiece of culinary gold,
A cake that inspires and sets hearts aflame,
A dessert to cherish, a sweet memory reclaimed.
So let us indulge in this sweet delight,
And savor each bite, oh what a sight,
For Frosted Butter Pecan is a treasure to find,
A cake that touches the heart and soothes the mind.
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | tablespoons |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 1 ⅓ | cups |
pecans
chopped |
|
| ⅔ | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 1 ⅓ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ⅔ | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Butter pecan frosting | |||
| 3 | tablespoons |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 3 | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
milk
plus 1 teaspoon |
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | x |
pecans
toasted, reserved |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 315 | ml |
pecans
chopped |
|
| 158 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 315 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 473 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 7.5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 158 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 7.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Butter pecan frosting | |||
| 45 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 45 | ml |
milk
plus 1 teaspoon |
|
| 3.8 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | x |
pecans
toasted, reserved |
*
|
Directions
Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
Stir in pecans, and bake at 350℉ (180℃) F for 10 minutes.
Cool.
Cream softened butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy and sugar is disolved.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Stir in vanilla and 1 cup pecans, reserving remaining pecans for Butter Pecan Frosting.
Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cakepans.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
Cool layers in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely.
Spread top and sides of cooled cake with Butter Pecan Frosting.
Butter Pecan Frosting: Cream butter; add sugar, milk, and vanilla, beating until light and fluffy.
Stir in reserved toasted pecans.
