Saturday, January 11, 2025

Glazed Pecan Cake

I do not remember this cake from my childhood probably because I was not a big fan of nuts when I was young. But now I love nuts and regularly eats nuts and include them in recipes. This recipe is a fairly standard yellow cake recipe with the addition of nuts. I have used many variations of powdered sugar glaze, but this recipe introduced me to honey glaze.  The honey nicely complements the pecans

The recipe calls for using an electric mixer to prepare the batter. I just mixed by hand, which might have made my cake denser, but it was just fine for me. I liked the use of pecans but other types of nuts could be used. Hazelnut might be a good substitution.

Glazed Pecan Cake 

  • 2 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup butter
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add 1 cup softerned butter, two eggs, milk, and vanilla. Mix with an electric mixer at medium speed for two minutes, scraping bowl as necessary. Add remaining two eggs; beat two minutes longer. Fold in pecans. Pour into a greased ten-inch tube pan. Bake at 375 for about one hour or until done. Cool in the pan for ten minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely. Prepare the honey glaze by placing the honey and the 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan. Boil for three minutes. Brush glaze over the cake. Enjoy!

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