Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream - It turned out very good but i think i could have cooked it a little longer.. Today I am sharing this Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 40 minutes!
You can cook Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream with 15 Ingredients and 31 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream:
- For Cake.
- 1 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, divided use at room temperature.
- 2 cups chopped pecans.
- 2 cups granulated sugar.
- 4 large eggs.
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- 3 cups all purpose flour.
- 2 teaspoons baking powder.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- 1 cup milk.
- For Whipped White Chocolate Cream Filling and Frosting.
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream.
- 8 ounces marscapone cheese, at room temperature.
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
- 1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar.
Step by step how to cook Toasted Butter Pecan Layer Cake with Whipped White Chocolate Cream:
- Start Filling and Frosting, it needs time to chill.
- Heat cream until hot, but not boiling, pour over chopped white chocolate in a large bowl.
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- Cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate until very cold. At least 4 hours or overnight. Don't finish the filling and frosting before cake is made, cooled and ready to fill and frost.
- Make Pecan Cake.
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray 4 - 8 inch cake pans well with bakers spray.
- Be sure your pecans are chopped finely, I used the food processor.Toast chopped pecans. Melt the 1 1/2 tablespoon butter in a medium skillet, add chopped pecans and cook on medium low heat, stirring often until fragrant and lightly toasted, about 4 minutes, set aside to cool.
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- Whisk together in a bowl, flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl beat remaining butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating in after each egg, beat in vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternating with the milk and stir just until combined.
- Fold in toasted pecans.
- Divide batter enenly between prepared pans and bake 16 to 22 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean cool in pans 10 minutes then cool completely on wire racks.
- Finish frosting and filling.
- Beat cold white chocolate cream until light and fluffy.
- In another bowl beat marscapone, confectioner's sugar, salt and vanilla until smooth.
- Fold marscapone mixture into whipped white chocolate until uniform in color.
- Assemble Cake.
- Place 1 cake layer on serving plate, bottom up and spread with some filling.
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- Add second cake layer, bottom up.
- Spread with filling4.
- Add third cake layer, bottom up.
- Spread with filling.
- Add last cake layer and frost entire cake.
- Decorate with whole pecan halves and white chocolate shavings. Refigerate cake at least 2 hours before slicing.
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