Ingredients
- 2 cups fishers pecan halves
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup butter
- 12 oz cream cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup fishers pecan halves (optional)
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F, grease three 9-inch round pans, and line their bottoms with baking paper.
- Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a skillet, stir in 2 cups pecans, and toast for 6 minutes; cool and chop.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in one bowl, then beat 1 cup butter with sugar for 4 minutes.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla, add the dry mixture alternately with buttermilk and milk, and fold in the chopped pecans.
- Divide the batter among the pans, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, and cool the layers in their pans for 20 minutes before cooling completely.
- Beat 1 cup butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar until smooth, then frost and stack the cooled layers within 35 minutes.
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