3 tbsp butter (or marg.)
1 1/3 cup pecans, chopped
2/3 cup butter (or marg.), softened
1 1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cup all-purpse flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
BUTTER PECAN FROSTING
3 tbsp butter (or marg.), softened
3 cup powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk, plus
1 tsp milk
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 reserved toasted pecans
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Butter Pecan Cake
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Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Stir in
pecans, and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool.
Cream softened butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar,
beating until light and fluffy and sugar is disolved. Add eggs, one
at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture
alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir
in vanilla and 1 cup pecans, reserving remaining pecans for Butter
Pecan Frosting.
Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cakepans. Bake at 350
degrees for 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool layers in pans
10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely.
Spread top and sides of cooled cake with Butter Pecan Frosting.
Yield: one 2-layer cake.
Butter Pecan Frosting: Cream butter; add sugar, milk, and vanilla,
beating until light and fluffy. Stir in reserved toasted pecans.
Yield: enough frosting for one 2-layer cake.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, October, 1980. Typed for you by
Nancy Coleman.
Serves: 1
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