Pecan cake
Pecan cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled, 1 stick, use butter only
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar, divided
- Pinch salt
- 2/3 cup finely ground pecans, use blender to grind
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Honey glaze:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup honey
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly butter and flour an 8 inch cake pan.
- In a small bowl, beat egg yolks, butter and vanilla extract.
- Add 1/3 cup of the sugar, beating until thick and creamy.
- In a large bowl, beat egg whites with salt until frothy.
- Continue to beat, adding the remaining 1/3 cup sugar, a few tablespoons at a time, until stiff peaks form.
- Fold 1/3 of the stiff whites into the yolk mixture to lighten.
- Gently fold the yolk mixture into the remaining whites until fully incorporated.
- Combine nuts and flour and sift a third at a time over egg mixture, folding gently after each addition.
- Any nut pieces too large to sift may be folded in at the end or reground in the blender and sifted in.
- Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Let stand 10 minutes, then turn cake out onto a wire rack, top side up, and cool for 1 hour.
- Glaze: In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, stir in honey and bring to a frothy boil. Reduce heat and boil 3 minutes. Cool slightly. While still warm, pour over cake. Allow glaze to drip down sides of cake.
- To cut neatly through the sticky glaze, use a sharp knife dipped in hot water to warm it, then dry.
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