Louisiana Praline Cake Recipes

LOUISIANA PECAN PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Grease and flour a tube or Bundt pan.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup flour over the pecans and raisins in a large bowl and toss lightly.
• Add baking powder and nutmeg to rest of flour and reserve.
• At this point I like to beat the egg whites to soft peaks and reserve. Then I proceed without washing the beaters. Cream butter and sugar in another bowl. Blend in egg yolks. Add flour and Praline Liqueur alternately, ending with flour. Blend well.
• Pour batter over the nuts and raisins. Mix well. Fold in beaten egg whites.
• Pour into prepared tube or Bundt pan. Bake in preheated oven for 3 hours. Remove from oven.
• Let stand 1 hour. Turn onto cake rack. You may wish to dust with powdered sugar for presentation.

LOUISIANA PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the oats and water; let stand for 15 minutes. Beat 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1 cup sugar and 1 cup brown sugar; beating well. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Combine the flour, soda, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with the oat mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix at low speed after each addition until blended. Stir in 3/4 cup pecans.
• Pour into a greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Combine 3/4 cup brown sugar and the remaining 3 ingredients; spoon evenly over the top of the cake. Broil 5 1/2 inches from heat (with electric door partially opened) 2 minutes or until bubbly. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

LOUISIANA STRANGER CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients together. Yes, add the frosting to the cake batter!
• Pour into a well-greased bundt pan.
• Bake at 350F for 45 minutes (depending on your oven, cook until toothpick comes out clean).
• Let cool in cake pan for 5 minutes.
• Invert on a cooling rack and leave in pan for 5 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the pan.
• Cool completely.
• Dust with powdered sugar to serve or you can wrap tightly in plastic wrap and freeze until needed.

PECAN PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• For cake:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides. Line bottoms of pans with waxed paper; butter paper. Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until well blended after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Beat in dry ingredients in 3 additions alternately with milk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in chopped pecans. Divide batter between pans.
• Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean and cakes begin to pull away from sides of pans, about 35 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 10 minutes. If necessary, run small knife around pan sides to loosen cakes. Turn cakes out onto racks; peel off waxed paper. Cool cakes completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap in foil and store at room temperature.)
• For syrup:
• Stir 3 tablespoons water and sugar in small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to simmer. Remove from heat. Stir in bourbon. Cool.
• Using 9-inch-diameter tart pan bottom as aid, transfer 1 cake layer, flat side up, to platter. Brush some of syrup over top of cake. Spread 1 cup cream cheese frosting over top. Top with second cake layer, flat side up. Brush top and sides of cake with remaining syrup. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Arrange Pecan Praline Topping all over top of cake, mounding slightly in center. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome and refrigerate. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.)