HUSBAND'S FAVORITE ALMOST HOMEMADE CAKE

Husband's Favorite Almost Homemade Cake image

Provided by Lana Bade @Sunflowercooks

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 13

- 1 box white or yellow cake mix.
- vegetable oil.
- 3 large eggs
- water
- almond extract/1 1/2 tsps. and 4 oz. chopped pecan pieces
- 1 pk. toffee chips/with chocolate or plain/1/2 of bag
- frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 tsp.pure vanilla extract
- about 4 cups confectioner's sugar
- 2-3 ounces of pecans
- 1/2 of the package left of toffee chips

Steps:

Follow the directions on cake mix box using the 3 eggs etc..
Add the almond extract into above,stirring in well.
Mix 1/2 package in of toffee chips by hand,gently folding them in.
Mix in 4 ounces chopped pecans.
Bake according to package ingredients in a 9X10 cake pan,or 2 round 9 inch pans.
Cool completely before icing!
FROSTING:
Cream together butter and cream cheese together well. Add the vanilla extract. Slowly,add the confectioner's sugar till creamy,but not too loose..
Completely ice the cooled cake, .
In a small food processor,add remainder of bag of toffee chips,chop till crumbly,fine chopped. Add about 2-4 ounces pecans,process till chopped finely.
Mix toffee chips and chopped pecans well in a bowl. TOP THE ICING ALL OVER.
Garnish with whole pecan halves if desired!
SO UNIQUE AND FLavorfull,yet so easy to make.tastes like a bakery confection!