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Butter Pecan Pound Cake

Butter Pecan Pound Cake

Easy one bowl mix for this luscious Butter Pecan Pound Cake! Iced or not this one is a real winner!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Recipe Yellow Cake
  • 1 cup lightly toasted pecans (115g)
  • 2 teaspoons Butter Emulsion *see notes

For the Icing

  • 1 cup Confectioner's Sugar 120g
  • 3 Tbs Melted Vegan Butter 45g
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 0-3 Tbs Plant Milk *to thin to desired consistency
  • ¾ cup Lightly toasted pecans (85g)

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the yellow cake recipe according to the instructions on that recipe post *BE SURE TO USE THE ALL BUTTER VERSION rather than half oil/half butter *read the notes for success on that post
  • Preheat the oven to 350F & grease a standard loaf pan
  • When mixing the cake recipe be sure to add the butter extract and then fold in the pecans last
  • Bake in the preheated oven & it will take closer to 40 minutes & I lowered the temperature to 325F for the last 15 minutes of baking to ensure it did not get too dark, check at 30 minutes, when a toothpick inserted comes out clean it is done
  • Cool in the pan then flip it out onto a cooling rack while you prepare the glaze
  • Whisk the sifted confectioners sugar with the melted vegan butter, vanilla extract & the plant milk if needed to get to a slightly thin but also drippy icing
  • Pour the icing on top of the still warm loaves and let it drip down the sides
  • Refrigerating for a few minutes will slow it down & solidify the butter making the icing stay in place

Notes

Butter extract from OliveNation is a really great way to boost the butter flavor in your recipes! While you can of course leave it out with no changes to the recipe, It may be worth checking out! *not sponsored
Sugar Free Baking is definitely on option with this recipe! Read more about it here!
Monk fruit is my favorite sugar substitute but I only replace half the amount of granulated sugar in the recipe I find that replacing all the sugar in a recipe with a sugar substitute changes the texture too much and also dries out the cake
Gluten Free flour works great with this recipe
Storage Butter Pecan Pound Cake can stay at room temperature for up to 3 days, wrapped loosely to prevent drying. Be careful of very hot & humid climates through as this will promote faster molding!
Refrigerate for longer storage up to 1 week OR freeze *UN ICED for up to 2 months
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