Southern Praline Bundt Cake Recipes

SOUTHERN PRALINE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees and spray a 15-cup Bundt pan with baking spray with flour.Or you can coat the pan with shortening and then dust it with flour.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Using an electric stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat butter, shortening, brown sugar, and vanilla extract on medium-high speed for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Beat in eggs one at a time, beating until no yellow is visible before adding the next one and stopping several times to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• With mixer on low, beat in the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk in 2 additions.
• Stir in the pecans.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then invert onto a cake stand or serving plate.
• Make the icing. Place butter, brown sugar, and milk in a medium saucepan. Cut the butter in pieces so it melts faster.
• Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Continue to stir until all the lumps are out. This may take a few minutes.
• Stir in pecans. Once icing starts to thicken slightly, slowly pour it over the cake. If it is still too runny, let it cool a little more. But don't let it cool too much or it will be too thick.
• Garnish with pecans if desired.

PRALINE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat a 12 cup bundt pan heavily with nonstick spray. Alternately you can grease the pan with shortening and lightly dust with flour. Set aside.
• In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy on medium speed. Add in the eggs, vanilla, salt, and baking powder and mix until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Turn the mixer to low and add in 1 cup of the flour and 1/2 cup milk. Mix for 20 seconds and add in 1 more cup of flour and the remaining 1/2 cup of milk and mix for 20 seconds and finally add in the last cup of flour. Mix for 30 seconds until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 15-20 minutes and then invert the pan onto a cake plate.
• In a medium sauce pot over medium heat whisk together the brown sugar, butter, and milk. Bring the mixture to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Remove the pot from the heat and whisk in the vanilla and powdered sugar until there are no lumps.
• Allow the icing to cool for 5 - 10 minutes to thicken slightly and then stir in the chopped pecans.
• Pour the icing on top of the cake evenly.
• Allow the icing to set and serve.

SOUTHERN PRALINE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9 or 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine the cake mix with the frosting, eggs, oil, water and 1/2 of the pecan pieces. Mix until combined.
• Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 of pecans in the prepared Bundt pan then pour in the cake batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

PECAN PRALINE BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Do not preheat the oven. Liberally butter and flour a tube pan. Set aside. (See Cook's note)
• In the bowl of a stand mixer cream together the butter, shortening, vanilla, brown and granulated sugars. Beat for 2 minutes or until creamy and light beige in color..
• Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition stopping to scrap the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Lower the speed of the mixer and add to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk. After all has been added increase the speed of the mixer to medium and beat until fully combined around 45-60 seconds.
• By hand mix in 1 1/2 cup pecans and toffee bits. Spread into the prepared pan.
• Place the cake into a cold oven. Bake at 325F for 1hr 30min to 1hr 45min or until a long skewer inserted into the center comes back clean.
• Cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 30 minutes then turn onto the rack to cool completely.
• To make the glaze. In a deep microwave safe bowl melt the butter in the microwave. Whisk the brown sugar and heavy cream into the melted butter then return to the microwave..
• Cook on high for 2 minutes. Remove from the microwave and stir in the vanilla and 1/4 cup pecans. Allow to cool slightly then drizzle over the cake.

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.

APPLE-CREAM CHEESE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare Filling: Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended.
• Prepare Batter: Preheat oven to 350º. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Stir together 3 cups flour and next 7 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next 3 ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apples and pecans.
• Spoon two-thirds of apple mixture into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan. Spoon Cream Cheese Filling over apple mixture, leaving a 1-inch border around edges of pan. Swirl filling through apple mixture using a paring knife. Spoon remaining apple mixture over Cream Cheese Filling.
• Bake at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).
• Prepare Frosting: Bring 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 3 Tbsp. milk to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute, whisking constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth; stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly. Pour immediately over cooled cake.

PRALINE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Arrange 1 cup pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 350°F for 5 to 7 minutes or until toasted. Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes or until completely cool.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add brown sugar, beating until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Sift together 2 1/2 cups flour and next 3 ingredients. Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat batter at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in toasted pecans and vanilla. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and let cool 30 minutes or until completely cool.
• Prepare Praline Icing, and spoon immediately over cake. Sprinkle top of cake with Sugared Pecans.
• ICING:.
• Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly. Use immediately.
• SUGAR PECANS:.
• Whisk egg white until foamy; add pecans, and stir until evenly coated.
• Stir together sugars; sprinkle over pecans. Stir gently until pecans are evenly coated. Spread pecans in a single layer in a lightly greased aluminum foil-lined 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 18 to 20 minutes or until pecans are toasted and dry, stirring once after 10 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool 30 minutes or until completely cool.
• Note: Store pecans in a zip-top plastic freezer bag at room temperature up to 3 days or freeze up to 3 weeks. Makes 5 cups.
• Use some to decorate the praline bundt cake and enjoy the leftovers.