Buttermilk Pecan Pound Cake Recipes

PECAN PRALINE BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Do not preheat the oven. Liberally butter and flour a tube pan. Set aside. (See Cook's note)
• In the bowl of a stand mixer cream together the butter, shortening, vanilla, brown and granulated sugars. Beat for 2 minutes or until creamy and light beige in color..
• Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition stopping to scrap the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Lower the speed of the mixer and add to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk. After all has been added increase the speed of the mixer to medium and beat until fully combined around 45-60 seconds.
• By hand mix in 1 1/2 cup pecans and toffee bits. Spread into the prepared pan.
• Place the cake into a cold oven. Bake at 325F for 1hr 30min to 1hr 45min or until a long skewer inserted into the center comes back clean.
• Cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 30 minutes then turn onto the rack to cool completely.
• To make the glaze. In a deep microwave safe bowl melt the butter in the microwave. Whisk the brown sugar and heavy cream into the melted butter then return to the microwave..
• Cook on high for 2 minutes. Remove from the microwave and stir in the vanilla and 1/4 cup pecans. Allow to cool slightly then drizzle over the cake.

SOUTHERN PECAN BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the heck out of the room temperature butter and sugar using a stand mixer. Scrap down sides occasionally. Cream until smooth. It will take at least five minutes.
• Add room temperature eggs, one at a time. Mix only until the yolks disappear.
• Mix in 3 3/4 cups sifted flour and all the buttermilk, alternating, starting and ending with flour.
• Stir in vanilla and almond extracts.
• In a small bowl, add remaining 1/4 cup flour to 1 cup chopped pecans. Stir until pecans are coated then stir pecans into batter.
• Pour batter into greased and floured tube pan.
• In a small bowl, toss remaining 1/4 cup pecans with 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Add pecan mixture on top of pound cake batter. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Carefully remove cake from tube pan and place on a wire cooling rack. Completely cool before cutting.
• Pounds cake are best if they cure for a day or two before eating, if you can stand it that long.

PECAN BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a 9x13 baking dish. (I used GOOP, click the recipe in the Notes)
• In a large bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar together with a hand-held mixer until smooth.
• Add the eggs one at a time, incorporating them into the butter mixture fully. Scrape the sides of the bowl if needed.
• Pour in the buttermilk and vanilla extract. Mix until combined. (Make sure there are no lumps)
• Add the flour, baking soda, and salt to the wet ingredients. Stir by hand with a spatula until ingredients are incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake the cake for 30 minutes. Ten minutes before the cake is done, prepare the topping.
• Stir the butter and brown sugar together in a small bowl. (I used a 2 cup measuring cup) Add the buttermilk, chopped pecans, and salt. You should easily be able to pour the glaze.
• When you take the cake out of the oven, immediately pour the pecan glaze all over the cake. Then return it to the oven for 10 more minutes.
• When the cake is done, the glaze should be bubbling and appear runny and seeping into every nook and cranny of the cake.
• Serve warm.
• (If you prefer to serve at room temperature, the glaze will have hardened a bit.)

BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add alternately with buttermilk and beat well. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

PECAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Combine flour and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until combined. Stir in coconut and pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan; spread evenly. Bake at 325° for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

PECAN POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl toss pecans with ¼ cup flour
• Beat butter on medium speed with a stand or hand mixer. Gradually add in granulated and brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy (3 to 5 minutes). Add eggs in 1 at a time, beating until just blended. Stir in vanilla.
• In a medium bowl stir together baking powder, salt, and 3 ¾ cups flour. Add this flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Beging and ending with flour mixture until just combined. Do not over mix. Gently stir pecans into the batter.
• Spray a 10-inch tube or 10 to 12 cup bundt pan with baking spray or butter and flour pan. Pour batter into the pan and smooth the top with spatula.
• Bake for 70 to 90 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out mostly clean. Check at about 45 minutes and if the cake is browning too quickly add foil over the top and finish baking. Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then turn onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.

BUTTERMILK PECAN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter- add eggs and beat well.
• Alternately add milk, soda and flour to above mixture- adding flour last.
• Add in Flavorings, and mix well.
• Grease tube pan.
• DO NOT FLOUR.
• Spread chopped nuts evenly on bottom of pan and pour batter over nuts.
• (nuts maybe omitted).
• Bake at 310 to 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• Let cool slightly before removing from pan.