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Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1-1/2 cups cake flour
- 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- Topping:
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- Chocolate Glaze:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For cake, cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs, beating until smooth. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture, blending well. Gently fold in sour cream and vanilla.
For topping, combine all ingredients in a small bowl, set aside.
For glaze, melt butter and chocolate chips in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth.
Sprinkle 2 tbsp. topping in bottom of greased and floured 9" tube pan. Spoon half of cake batter into pan. Sprinkle 4 tbsp. topping over batter and drizzle half of glaze over topping. Spoon remaining batter into pan and sprinkle with remaining topping. Reserve remaining glaze. Bake 1 house and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10minutes in pan. Turn onto serving plate. Drizzle remaining glaze over top of warm cake.