Georgia Pecan Cake Recipes

GEORGIA PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Using an electric mixer (preferably stand alone type), cream together the margarine, shortening, and sugar for 15 minutes on medium speed. Add the egg yolks and continue to mix on low for 5 minutes.
• 2. Sift the flour and baking soda together 3 times and add to the mixing bowl alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour.
• 3. Turn off the mixer and fold in the vanilla, coconut, and pecans.
• 4. Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold into the cake batter.
• 5. Divide the mixture into 3 greased and floured 9 " cake pans. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.
• 6. Cool for 15 minutes on a rack before turning the layers out of the pans and leaving to cool completely.
• 7. While the cakes are cooling, prepare the icing.
• 8. Cream together all of the ingredients, except the pecans. When the cakes are completely cool, spread the icing thickly on top of each layer and sprinkle the top with the chopped pecans.
• 9. It may not take quite 2 hours...but there are several waiting periods. Enjoy this delicious cake.

GEORGIA CORNBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Beat eggs, oil, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl until smooth. Stir pecans, flour, and vanilla into the egg mixture; pour into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

SOUTHERN PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
• Mix butter, milk, coconut milk, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl. Combine flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly mix into the milk mixture. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.
• Bake cakes in the preheated oven until tops are golden yellow and spring back when lightly pressed, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Prepare frosting while cakes are baking. Combine sugar, evaporated milk, butter, egg yolks, and flour in a saucepan. Heat over medium-low, stirring constantly, until mixture starts to thicken. Add vanilla and stir for 1 minute. Pour in pecans; cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
• Remove frosting from heat and let cool. Remove cakes from the oven and set aside to cool, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Place 1 cooled cake layer on a serving plate. Cover with some of the cooled frosting. Top with the second cake layer. Frost top and sides with remaining frosting.

GEORGIA PECAN MIST CAKE

Steps:

• Beat the egg whites and salt together until foamy. Gradually add the sugar and beat until stiff, but not too dry.
• Beat the egg yolks until thick.
• Fold the egg yolks into the whites, then gently fold in the pecans.
• Bake in a tube pan in a preheated 350 F oven for 50 minutes.
• This cake freezes well.

GEORGIA PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda; set 1/4 cup aside. Add the remaining flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Toss pecans with the reserved flour mixture; fold into batter., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 325° for 60-70 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.