Pecan layer cake
Pecan layer cake

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pecan layer cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pecan layer cake using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pecan layer cake:
  1. Take Cake
  2. Take 1 1/2 cup pecans
  3. Make ready 2/3 cup butter
  4. Make ready 2 cup flour
  5. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  6. Take 1/4 teaspoon salt
  7. Prepare 1 cup granulated sugar
  8. Make ready 1/3 cup light brown sugar
  9. Prepare 2 eggs
  10. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  11. Get 2/3 cup milk
  12. Prepare Frosting
  13. Make ready 3 cup granulated sugar
  14. Make ready 1/3 cup butter
  15. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  16. Get 1 tablespoon milk

Combine flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly mix into the milk mixture. When cool, blend remaining pecans with Creamy Butter Icing; spread between layers and on top. I know I say this all the time but it bears repeating for the new cooks out there, I love Baker's Joy Spray.

Steps to make Pecan layer cake:
  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

When cool, blend remaining pecans with Creamy Butter Icing; spread between layers and on top. I know I say this all the time but it bears repeating for the new cooks out there, I love Baker's Joy Spray. Add pecan halves; toss well to coat. Spread pecan halves in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place one layer of cake on a cake stand or serving plate.

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