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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Southern Praline Pecan Cake
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by:
Pat Stillson
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Southern Praline Pecan Cake Recipe makes a cake with sugar, butter, flour, whipping cream, eggs and vanilla then tops with praline of sugar, butter, evaporated milk, confectioner's sugar and pecans to make this tasty pecan cake recipe.
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INGREDIENTS
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All Ingredients At Room Temperature:
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3 1/2 cups granulated sugar
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3 sticks softened butter
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3 cups cake flour
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8-10 ounces heavy whipping cream
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6 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1/3 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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For Praline:
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2 cups of firmly packed light brown sugar
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1/2 cup (1 stick) of unsalted butter
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1/3 cup evaporated milk
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1/3 cup of sifted confectioners sugar
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2 cups of chopped pecans, toasted
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2 tablespoon of vanilla extract
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
Cream butter and sugar in a mixer. Add 1 egg at a time. Add flour and cream, alternating between the two. Add baking powder. Add salt. Add vanilla. Pour in greased and floured bundt pan.
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2:
Put in cold oven, middle rack. Turn oven to 350 and bake for 1 hour and remove. Do NOT let it cool completely in the pan! I made that mistake once! Wouldn't come out.
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3:
For Praline: In a heavy saucepan, stir the brown sugar, butter, and half and half over moderate heat for 5 minutes or until the mixture comes to a full boil.
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4:
Boil for 3 minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the confectioners sugar, pecans, and vanilla. Immediately drizzle over pound cake.
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