Best Southern Butter Pecan Cake Recipes

SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE CAKE WITH BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350*. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2. In a medium bowl combine all the cake ingredients except for the chopped pecans. Don't forget to add the tub of coconut pecan frosting. That goes into the cake batter too!
• 3. Mix well. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Pour batter into greased baking dish.
• 4. Bake for about 40 minutes.
• 5. For the Sauce: In a small pot over medium heat, melt 2 Tbsp. butter. Pour in can of sweetened condensed milk with the melted butter & str. Continue to stir until heated thoroughly. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Stir again then take off heat. Pour sauce over cake.

SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE CAKE WITH BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• I know I say this all the time but it bears repeating for the new cooks out there, I love the nonstick spray that has flour in it for baking.
• In a medium bowl (or your stand mixer bowl), combine all the cake ingredients except for the chopped pecans.
• Don't forget to add the tub of coconut pecan frosting. That goes into the cake batter too!
• I just dump it all in there then let the mixer do the work.
• Once it's all combined, stir in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• Pour batter into greased baking dish.
• Bake for about 40 minutes.
• As with most baked goods, oven times vary but cake should spring back to the touch and be golden brown.
• And if you insert a toothpick into the middle it should come out clean.
• This cake is perfectly good just like this.
• It is moist and yummy.
• But we're gonna take it up a notch with some butter sauce.
• In a small pot over medium heat, melt 2 tbsp. butter.
• Pour in can of sweetened condensed milk with the melted butter and stir.
• Continue to stir until heated thoroughly, then add 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• Stir again then take off heat.
• Then spoon this deliciously yummy sauce over individual slices of cake.
• I pour the sauce over the individual slices instead of just pouring it over the whole cake because I love to be able to scoop up some of the sauce off my plate as I eat it and I don't want the sauce to just become part of the cake.
• But if you are feeding a crowd, it may be easier to pour the sauce over the entire cake before serving. This sauce takes this cake from yum to yowsers!
• You can also make this in a bundt pan. Bake for about 50 minutes.

SOUTHERN BUTTER PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8" cake pans, set aside.
• 2. Melt about 3 tablespoons of butter into a cookie sheet. Add chopped pecans and bake for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from oven and set aside.
• 3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4. Sift flour, then measure for accuracy. Sift again. Stir in baking powder and salt.
• 5. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. DO NOT USE A MIXER AT THIS POINT! Stir in using a spatula. Gently stir in flavorings and 1 cup of the roasted pecans.
• 6. Divide batter evenly between the two cake pans. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle of cake comes back clean and cake springs back when touched. Remove from oven and cool in pan for about 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely. Frost between layers, top and sides.
• 7. FOR THE FROSTING: Mix together sugar and butter. Add milk a little at a time until desired spreading consistency is reached. Stir in flavorings and remaining pecans. Spread on completely cooled cake.