Delicious Butter Pecan Cake Mix Recipe Ideas

SOUTHERN BUTTER PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Generously grease 2 9-inch cake pans with shortening and lightly dust with flour. Set aside.

BUTTER PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven, prepare cake pans: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 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.
• Saute pecans in butter: 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.
• Mix liquids together: stir together buttermilk and milk, set aside.
• Whisk dry ingredients: In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds, set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar, then eggs and vanilla: In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip together butter and sugar until very pale and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time adding in vanilla with last egg.
• Mix in flour alternating with milk mixture: Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low speed just until combined, then add in 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture and mix just until combined then repeat process once more. Finish by mixing in remaining 1/3 of the flour mixture and mix just until nearly combined.
• Fold in pecans: Remove bowl from stand mixer and fold in pecans (fold batter until there's not longer streaks in the batter). Divide batter evenly among prepared baking pans.
• Bake until set: Bake in preheated oven 23 - 28 minutes until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in cake pans 10 minutes.
• Let cake cool completely on wire rack: Run a knife around edges of cake to ensure the are loosened and invert onto wire racks to cool completely. Once cool frost with cream cheese frosting and top with pecans.
• For the cream cheese frosting: In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Mix in vanilla and powdered sugar and blend until smooth and fluffy.

DELICIOUS BUTTER PECAN CAKE MIX RECIPE IDEAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven and prepare two nine-inch round cake pans.Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and grease both of your nine-inch round cake pans.
• Heat butter, whipping cream, and brown sugar.In a one-quart saucepan, heat the butter, whipping cream, and brown sugar. Heat the mixture on low heat, stirring occasionally, just until the butter is melted. Pour the melted butter mixture into your two cake pans, evenly dispersed.
• Beat cake mix, water, oil, and eggs.In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter pecan cake mix, water, oil, and eggs. Start by beating the mixture at low speed for 30 seconds before beating at medium speed for two minutes. Scrape down the sides of your bowl as needed with your rubber spatula.
• Pour batter into cake pans.Carefully pour the cake batter into your two cake pans. Start at the outer edge and continue towards the center, being careful not to move the brown sugar mixture out to the sides of the pan.
• Bake the cakes.Bake the two butter pecan cakes for 30-37 minutes, or until a toothpick you insert into the middle comes out clean. To loosen them from the pan, run a knife along the edges. Then, turn the cakes upside down onto a wire rack with wax paper underneath to catch any drippings.Leave the pans on the cake for one minute before removing them. Allow the cakes to fully cool and in the meantime, make your whipped cream frosting
• Prepare the whipped cream frosting.In a medium bowl that has been chilled, use an electric mixer to beat together the whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Beat the mixture together at high speed until stiff peaks begin to form.
• Assemble the cake.Place one layer of cake on a tray, brown sugar side up, and add a layer of whipped cream frosting. Next, add the other cake layer and top with the remaining whipped cream. Add your chocolate-covered toffee bits to the cake.

BUTTER PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Pour melted butter in a baking pan. Stir in pecans. Toast at 350° for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool. , In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in vanilla and 1 cup toasted pecans. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. , Meanwhile, for frosting, cream butter and sugar. Add milk and vanilla, beating until light and fluffy. Add additional milk if needed. Stir in remaining toasted pecans. Spread between the layers and over the top and sides of the cake.