Easiest Way to Make Delicious Pecan layer cake

Pecan layer cake. Come See our Unique Cake Gifts! Check out our new Mini Cake Explosion Boxes and Mini Cake Variety Packs Directions. A tender pecan layer cake flavored with a generous amount of butter and a splash of pecan infused whiskey is just right for special occasions whether it's celebrating a promotion or a birthday.

Top the cake with the remaining layer and frost the cake. This butter pecan cake is made with lots of toasted, buttery pecans. It's a two-layer cake frosted with a buttery pecan frosting. You can have Pecan layer cake using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pecan layer cake

1. You need of Cake.
2. You need of pecans.
3. Prepare of butter.
4. Prepare of flour.
5. You need of baking powder.
6. You need of salt.
7. Prepare of granulated sugar.
8. Prepare of light brown sugar.
9. It's of eggs.
10. It's of vanilla extract.
11. Prepare of milk.
12. You need of Frosting.
13. It's of granulated sugar.
14. It's of butter.
15. It's of vanilla.
16. Prepare of milk.

A small amount of brown sugar goes into the cake, along with butter, pecans, and eggs. It's an easy classic layer cake. If you really enjoy butter pecan try making it into some ice cream as well. Because pecan trees are such an iconic symbol in Texas, this recipe is a classic in any Southern home.

Pecan layer cake instructions

1. CAKE: In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt.
2. In a separate bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar and 2/3 cup of softened butter.
3. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating together.
4. Beat in 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
5. Beat together the flour mixture with the butter, sugar and egg mixture, alternating with the 2/3 cup of milk.
6. Place the pecans in a bag and roll over them with a rolling pin to crush the pecans slightly.
7. Add the crushed pecans and butter to a pan and place over heat stirring occasionally.
8. Fold in half of the toasted pecans.
9. Divide the batter between two pans and bake in a preheated oven at a temperature of 350F for 25 to 30 minutes or until dry when pricked with a toothpick.
10. Frosting: Mix together sugar and butter, then stir in vanilla and milk.
11. Once the cake has cooled spread the frosting between the layers and over the top of the cake and decorate with the remaining pecans.

I remember eating this cake as a baby, even picking the pecans myself from the trees in my grandmother's backyard. STEP VIII _ Use your favorite yellow cake recipe to make three layers , spread your desired amount of praline cream cheese frosting onto first layer, then add second layer and spread second layer of frosting , and now top with third cake layer. Then frost sides and the top and. Top with remaining cake layer, and frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Sprinkle pecan halves in a ring around top edge of cake.