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How To make Butter Pecan Cake

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3 tb Butter (or marg.)
1 1/3 c Pecans; chopped
2/3 c Butter (or marg.); softened
1 1/3 c Sugar
2 Eggs
2 c All-purpse flour
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
2/3 c Milk
1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract

BUTTER PECAN FROSTING:

3 tb Butter (or marg.); softened
3 c Powdered sugar
3 tb Milk; plus
1 ts Milk
3/4 ts Vanilla extract
Reserved toasted pecans Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Stir in pecans, and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool. Cream softened butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy and sugar is disolved. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla and 1 cup pecans, reserving remaining pecans for Butter Pecan Frosting. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool layers in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely. Spread top and sides of cooled cake with Butter Pecan Frosting. Yield: one 2-layer cake. Butter Pecan Frosting: Cream butter; add sugar, milk, and vanilla, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in reserved toasted pecans. Yield: enough frosting for one 2-layer cake. SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, October, 1980. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.

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