Recipe of Award-winning Pecan layer cake

Pecan layer cake. The cake layers are a moist, buttery vanilla cake spotted with toasted pecans. The flavor of the I love it! The full finished pecan layer cake is super moist and delicious!

This butter pecan cake gets its great pecan flavor from pecans toasted in butter. It's a two-layer cake frosted with a buttery pecan frosting. This pecan spice cake recipe is the best! You can cook Pecan layer cake using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pecan layer cake

1. It's of Cake.
2. You need 1 1/2 cup of pecans.
3. Prepare 2/3 cup of butter.
4. You need 2 cup of flour.
5. You need 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
6. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
7. You need 1 cup of granulated sugar.
8. You need 1/3 cup of light brown sugar.
9. It's 2 of eggs.
10. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
11. You need 2/3 cup of milk.
12. You need of Frosting.
13. You need 3 cup of granulated sugar.
14. It's 1/3 cup of butter.
15. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla.
16. You need 1 tablespoon of milk.

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Pecan layer cake instructions

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.

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