Recipes Made with Cake Mixes

Southern Praline Pecan Cake

southern Praline Pecan Cake recipe

Yield: one 13 x 9 inch sheet cake

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) box butter pecan cake mix*
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 (16 ounce) container coconut pecan frosting

Praline Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups chopped pecans

Instructions

Cake

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
  2. Combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, water, vanilla extract and pecans. Mix until combined, then stir in the frosting by hand.
  3. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean.

Praline Frosting

  1. In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, heat butter, brown sugar and the whipping cream to boiling, stirring frequently. Boil and stir for 1 minute; remove from heat.
  2. Stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.
  3. Stir in pecans. Cool for 10 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until frosting begins to thicken.
  4. Spread warm frosting over cake.
  5. Let frosting cool before cutting.

Notes

* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.

Attribution

Photo credit: ohgoodnesscakes / CC BY



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