1 208 208 208c52 0 99. Watch me make this Butter cake mix Butter Pecan from start to finish!
Ditch the box cake mix and make this Southern Butter Pecan Cake from scratch! My days of thinking buttered pecan is an old person’s flavor is long gone! Now I love all things butter pecan, but only if it’s made right! This homemade Southern butter pecan cake fits the bill! It’s so dadgum moist and soft. It’s that stick to the back of the fork-type softness which I love!
Not to mention it’s frosted with a brown sugar cream cheese frosting that compliments it so well! What is a Southern Butter Pecan Cake? If you’ve never had a butter pecan cake think of a vanilla brown sugar type cake full of toasted buttered pecans! This old-fashioned cake tastes awesome the first day you make it but gets even better once it’s had a chance to sit for a day and that nutty pecan flavor becomes perfectly balanced throughout! Anytime I’m making a nut-flavored cake the best way to get the most authentic nutty flavor is to grind up the nuts into a creamy butter texture.
It really ups the pecan flavor even more so that you don’t have to use artificial nut flavorings! You can simply toast them in a skillet with butter or bake them in the oven. To make butter pecans toss the pecan chips with melted butter and a bit of cinnamon. The cinnamon is optional but heck, why not! You want your pecans to absorb the butter and have a slight crunch. They will get crunchier as they cool so don’t overcook them.