Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, layered butter pecan cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Layered Butter Pecan Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Layered Butter Pecan Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Combine the melted butter, pecans and brown sugar in a medium sized bowl and toss to coat. Nutty Browned Butter Frosting meets tender pecan cake in this show-stopping three-layer dessert. When browning the butter for the frosting, pour the butter into a bowl as soon as it turns golden brown, or it will continue to cook and get too dark.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook layered butter pecan cake using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Layered Butter Pecan Cake:
- Prepare 2 cups Pecans chopped
- Prepare 3 Tbsp unsalted butter diced into 3 pieces
- Make ready 3 cups all-purpose flour
- Take 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1 cup softened unsalted butter
- Prepare 1 3/4 cup sugar
- Prepare 4 large eggs
- Take 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Take 1 teaspoon almond extract
- Take 1 cup buttermilk
- Make ready 1/2 cup whole milk
- Get Cream cheese icing
- Get 1 cup room temp butter
- Make ready 12 ounces room temp cream cheese
- Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 5 cups powdered sugar
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped pecans for topping
The interior is moist, tender, full of buttery goodness, and loaded with big pecan flavor. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Pour melted butter in a baking pan.
Steps to make Layered Butter Pecan Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and line 3 9-inch round cake pans with parchment paper, butter parchment paper and lightly dust pans with flour
- Melt 3 Tbsp butter in a skillet over medium heat. Once melted add pecans and cook until slightly browned, tossing frequently, about 4 minutes. Pour and spread onto a sheet of parchment paper or a baking sheet. Set aside and allow to cool.
- Stir together buttermilk and milk, set aside.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds, set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip together butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time adding in vanilla and almond extract with last egg.
- Mix in flour alternating with milk mixture: Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low speed just until combined, then add in 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture and mix just until combined then repeat process once more. Finish by mixing in remaining 1/3 of the flour mixture and mix just until nearly combined.
- Fold in pecans: Remove bowl from stand mixer and fold in pecans (fold batter until there's not longer streaks in the batter). Divide batter evenly among prepared baking pans.
- Bake until set: Bake in preheated oven 23 - 28 minutes until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in cake pans 10 minutes.
- Let cake cool completely on wire rack: Run a knife around edges of cake to ensure the are loosened and invert onto wire racks to cool completely. Once cool frost with cream cheese frosting and top with pecans.
- For the cream cheese frosting: In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Mix in vanilla and powdered sugar and blend until smooth and fluffy.
In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Butter Pecan Sheet Cake is sinfully delicious and completely approachable. With a rich, ooey gooey drizzle, this dessert will keep you coming back for more. Don't let the recipe time fool you, it's actually a simple treat to make. Because it bakes in a sheet pan, this cake is perfect for holiday parties and church potlucks.
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