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This butter pecan cake gets its great pecan flavor from pecans toasted in butter. It's a two-layer cake frosted with a buttery pecan frosting. This pecan spice cake recipe is the best! You can have Pecan layer cake using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pecan layer cake

You need of Cake.
It's 1 1/2 cup of pecans.
You need 2/3 cup of butter.
You need 2 cup of flour.
Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
It's 1 cup of granulated sugar.
It's 1/3 cup of light brown sugar.
Prepare 2 of eggs.
Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
It's 2/3 cup of milk.
Prepare of Frosting.
You need 3 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1/3 cup of butter.
You need 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of milk.

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Pecan layer cake step by step

CAKE: In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt.
In a separate bowl, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar and 2/3 cup of softened butter.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating together.
Beat in 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Beat together the flour mixture with the butter, sugar and egg mixture, alternating with the 2/3 cup of milk.
Place the pecans in a bag and roll over them with a rolling pin to crush the pecans slightly.
Add the crushed pecans and butter to a pan and place over heat stirring occasionally.
Fold in half of the toasted pecans.
Divide the batter between two pans and bake in a preheated oven at a temperature of 350F for 25 to 30 minutes or until dry when pricked with a toothpick.
Frosting: Mix together sugar and butter, then stir in vanilla and milk.
Once the cake has cooled spread the frosting between the layers and over the top of the cake and decorate with the remaining pecans.

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