Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream

Name: Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 14 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Cake; 1 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, divided use at room temperature; 2 cups chopped pecans; 2 cups granulated sugar; 4 large eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cups all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup milk; For Whipped White Chocolate Cream Filling and Frosting; 3 cups heavy whipping cream; 8 ounces marscapone cheese, at room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

fenway @Fenway

This cake is a cake version of butter pecan ice cream, well sort of anyway. It was the inspiration for the cake. Its a moist vanilla layer cake with tiny bits of butter toasted pecans thoughout for a great oecan flavor. I topped it with a not to sweet whipped white chocolate filling and frosting for a deliciously different cake.

Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream

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Ingredients

60 mins

14 servings

For Cake
1 cupplus 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, divided use at room temperature
2 cupschopped pecans
2 cupsgranulated sugar
4large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoonvanilla extract
3 cupsall purpose flour
2 teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1 cupmilk
For Whipped White Chocolate Cream Filling and Frosting
3 cupsheavy whipping cream
8 ouncesmarscapone cheese, at room temperature
2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
1 1/2 cupconfectioner's sugar

Cooking Instructions

60 mins

1

Start Filling and Frosting, it needs time to chill
2

Heat cream until hot, but not boiling, pour over chopped white chocolate in a large bowl
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Cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate until very cold. At least 4 hours or overnight. Don't finish the filling and frosting before cake is made, cooled and ready to fill and frost
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Make Pecan Cake
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Preheat oven to 350. Spray 4 - 8 inch cake pans well with bakers spray
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Be sure your pecans are chopped finely, I used the food processor.Toast chopped pecans. Melt the 1 1/2 tablespoon butter in a medium skillet, add chopped pecans and cook on medium low heat, stirring often until fragrant and lightly toasted, about 4 minutes, set aside to cool
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Whisk together in a bowl, flour, baking powder and salt
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In a large bowl beat remaining butter and sugar until light and fluffy
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Add eggs one at a time, beating in after each egg, beat in vanilla
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Add flour mixture alternating with the milk and stir just until combined
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Fold in toasted pecans
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Divide batter enenly between prepared pans and bake 16 to 22 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean cool in pans 10 minutes then cool completely on wire racks
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Finish frosting and filling
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Beat cold white chocolate cream until light and fluffy
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In another bowl beat marscapone, confectioner's sugar, salt and vanilla until smooth
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Fold marscapone mixture into whipped white chocolate until uniform in color
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Assemble Cake
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Place 1 cake layer on serving plate, bottom up and spread with some filling
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Add second cake layer, bottom up
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Spread with filling4
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Add third cake layer, bottom up
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Spread with filling
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Add last cake layer and frost entire cake
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Decorate with whole pecan halves and white chocolate shavings. Refigerate cake at least 2 hours before slicing
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fenway @Fenway

on April 15, 2016 23:19

“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.

bamagrandma @cook_3104339

August 24, 2020 21:58

This recipe sounds so good, but I didn't see how much white chocolate to use, how much will I need?

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