Butter Pecan Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups pecans, chopped
• 2/3 cup butter, softened (not margarine)
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened (no margarine or shortening)
• 6 cups powdered sugar
• 6 tablespoons milk (plus)
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• reserved toasted pecans

Recipe

• 1 melt 3 tablespoons butter in a 13x9x2 inch baking pan. stir in pecans, and.
• 2 bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. cool.
• 3 cream softened butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating.
• 4 until light and fluffy and sugar is dissolved. add eggs, one at a time,.
• 5 beating well after each addition.
• 6 combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately.
• 7 with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. stir in vanilla and 1.5.
• 8 cup pecans, reserving remaining pecans for butter pecan frosting.
• 9 pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cakepans. bake at 350.
• 10 degrees for 30 minutes or until cake tests done. cool layers in pans 10.
• 11 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely.
• 12 spread top and sides of cooled cake with butter pecan frosting.
• 13 butter pecan frosting: cream butter; add sugar, milk, and vanilla, beating.
• 14 until light and fluffy. stir in reserved toasted pecans.