Butter Pecan Cake

This cake has a whopping 2 cups pecans swirled into the batter and 1/2 cup pecans garnishing the top. And I didn’t just use any nuts, I used Fisher Nuts because they are my nuts brand of choice. I chose to create this cake with Fisher Nuts because it is one of the only brands of recipe nuts entirely without preservatives, I also love that I can purchase them in larger bags so I get more for my money. Pecans are the highlight of this cake so you’ll want to make sure you are using the best quality and Fisher is a brand you can always count on!



Butter Pecan Cake

Ingredients

Cake
2 cups (204g) Fishers Pecan Halves, chopped into small bits
3 Tbsp (42g) unsalted butter, diced into 3 pieces
3 cups (424g) all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, softened
1 3/4 cup (375g) granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk (235 ml)
1/2 cup milk (120ml)
Cream Cheese Frosting
1 cup (226g) butter, nearly at room temperature (preferably 1/2 cup salted 1/2 cup unsalted)
12 oz cream cheese, nearly at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 cups (620g) powdered sugar
1/2 cup (56g) Fishers Pecan Halves, chopped, for topping

Directions

For the cake:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt 3 Tbsp butter in a skillet over medium heat. Once melted add pecans and cook until slightly browned and fragrant, tossing frequently, about 4 minutes. Pour and spread onto a sheet of parchment paper or a baking sheet. Set aside and allow to cool.

Butter and line 3 9-inch round cake pans with parchment paper, butter parchment paper and lightly dust pans with flour shaking out excess. Set pans aside.

In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip together butter and sugar until very pale and fluffy (if your paddle attachment doesn't constantly scrape bowl then stop mixer and scrape down sides and bottom of bowl occasionally throughout entire mixing process).