Butter Pecan Cake

By Jomamma

Ingredients

• Frosting:
• 3 Tbsp butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egs
• 2 cups flour
• 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1-1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3 Tbsp butter, softened
• 3 Tbsp milk
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 3/4 tsp vanilla
• toasted chopped pecans

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Melt 3 Tbsp butter in a baking pan and stir in pecans and bake at 305 for 10 minutes. Cool.

Cream softened butter; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy and sugar is dissolved.

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 frosting.

Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans, bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake test done.

Cool layers in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely.

FROSTING:

Cream butter, addd sugar, milk and vanilla beating until light and fluffy. Stir in pecans and frost cake..