Best 7 Southern Pecan Praline Sheet Cake Recipes

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.

SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE
• PREHEAT OVEN TO 350°.
• GREASE OR SPRAY A 9×13 BAKING DISH WITH COOKING SPRAY.
• IN A MIXING BOWL, COMBINE ALL THE CAKE INGREDIENTS EXCEPT FOR THE CHOPPED PECANS. MIX WELL.
• ADD CHOPPED PECANS AND STIR TO COMBINE.
• POUR BATTER INTO PREPARED BAKING DISH.
• BAKE FOR ABOUT 40-50 MINUTES OR UNTIL A TOOTHPICK INSERTED IN CENTER COMES OUT CLEAN.
• BUTTER PECAN GLAZE:
• IN A SMALL SAUCEPAN OVER MEDIUM HEAT, MELT BUTTER.
• ADD CONDENSED MILK AND STIR.
• HEAT THOROUGHLY, THEN ADD CHOPPED PECANS.
• STIR AGAIN TO COMBINE AND REMOVE FROM HEAT.
• SPOON SAUCE OVER INDIVIDUAL SLICES OF CAKE OR SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE CAKE (MUCH EASIER).
• NOTES:
• THE COCONUT PECAN FROSTING IS INCLUDED IN THE CAKE BATTER. IT IS NOT AN ICING FOR THE TOP OF THE CAKE NOR INCLUDED IN THE SAUCE.
• THE CAKE TOOK 50 MINUTES TO BAKE, ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS SAID 30-40 MINUTES FOR A 9×13″ PAN AND 50 MINUTES FOR A BUNDT PAN.

SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE SHEET CAKE RECIPE - (3.4/5)

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350°. Grease or spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray. In a mixing bowl, combine all the cake ingredients except for the chopped pecans. Mix well. Add chopped pecans and stir to combine. Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Bake for about 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Butter Pecan Glaze: In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add condensed milk and stir. Heat thoroughly, then add chopped pecans. Stir again to combine and remove from heat. Spoon sauce over individual slices of cake or spread over the entire cake (much easier).

PRALINE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. Spray 13 x 9-inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In large microwavable bowl, microwave 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/2 cup chopped pecans uncovered on High 1 minute or until mixture is bubbling and hot.
• In another large bowl, beat cake mix, sour cream, vegetable oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, then on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in pecan mixture. Pour into pan.
• Bake 30 to 36 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• In 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter, 2 cups brown sugar and the whipping cream to boiling, stirring frequently. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in 2 cups pecans. Cool 10 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until frosting begins to thicken. Spread warm frosting over cake. Cool before cutting.

OLD SOUTHERN CHOCOLATE PECAN SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch pan.
• Mix 2 cups white sugar, flour, and salt in a mixing bowl.
• Combine water, vegetable shortening, margarine, and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Pour liquid into flour mixture and stir well. Return saucepan to stove and set it aside.
• Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk in a large liquid measuring cup and stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Pour egg mixture into cake batter and mix until fully combined. Transfer batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake the cake in preheated oven until cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger or a tester comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• While cake is baking, prepare icing using reserved saucepan. Combine confectioners' sugar, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, butter, milk, vanilla, and pecans in saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until hot but not boiling. Pour icing over hot cake immediately after it comes out of the oven. Allow cake to cool completely on a wire rack.

SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick baking spray.
• Place the cake mix, coconut frosting, eggs, oil and water in a large mixing bowl. Use a hand held or your stand mixer and mix well to combine everything. Add the pecans and mix again.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the cake pulls away from the sides. Set aside to cool on a wire cooling rack.
• To make the praline topping, combine the butter and sweetened condensed milk in a small saucepan and stir until the butter is melted. Add the pecans and mix well. Pour over the cooled cake and serve.
• RECIPE NOTES.
• Southern Pecan Praline Cake keeps well covered in the fridge for approximately one week, or you can wrap it well in foil and store in a large ziplock bag in your freezer for up to two months.
• *To roast pecans, spread them out in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast in a 350-degree oven for 10 minutes.

SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour three nine-inch round cake pans and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream the butter with both granulated sugar and light brown sugar until very light and fluffy, then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt and add to the batter alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry mixture. Stir in the vanilla extract.
• Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans and bake in the center of the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the layers comes out clean. Cool layers in their pans over a rack for ten minutes, then loosen and turn out layers directly onto racks for cooling. Cool layers thoroughly before icing.
• For the icing, melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat, then stir in granulated sugar and light brown sugar. (Sugars will not dissolve).
• In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the evaporated milk until smooth, then whisk this mixture into the saucepan with the sugar mixture. Return saucepan to a medium heat setting and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thick, shiny and caramel-like, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and pecans.
• Cool icing to a good spreading consistency (about 30 minutes), then spread evenly between cooled cake layers and over the top and sides of the cake.