Pound Cake with Pecan Butter Frosting

Name: Pound Cake with Pecan Butter Frosting
Prep time: P1H
Cook time: P1H
Total time: P2H
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: butter; vegetable shortening; eggs; brown sugar, light; flour; baking powder; milk; pecans; butter; powdered sugar; milk

Submitted by ggiles

Pound Cake with Pecan Butter Frosting recipe

YIELD

18 servings

PREP

½ hrs

COOK

1½ hrs

READY

2½ hrs

Ingredients

CUP BUTTER
soft

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

LARGE EGGS
room temp

3 ¼

CUPS BROWN SUGAR, LIGHT *

3 ½

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON BAKING POWDER

CUP MILK

Frosting

CUP PECANS
chop

CUP BUTTER
soft

POUND POWDERED SUGAR

TABLESPOONS MILK
to 4 tb

Directions

In large bowl, cream together butter and shortening; add eggs, one at a time, creaming after each. Add sugar.

Sift flour and baking powder together. Add alternately with milk to batter. Bake in greased and floured 10 inch bundt pan for 1¼ to 1½ hours at 325℉ (160℃).

FROSTING:

Toast pecans in butter in broiler pan until well browned. Cool slightly; add sugar and enough milk to thin to spreading consistency. Spread on top of cake.

Some should drip down sides and center, but spread only on top.