PECAN POUND CAKE RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Combine flour and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until combined. Stir in coconut and pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan; spread evenly. Bake at 325° for 60-65 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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9”-x-5” loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment.  Make pound cake: In a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition then add vanilla.  In a separate large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until just combined.  Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and smooth top with an offset.  Make pecan topping: In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, cook pecans and butter together until nuts are lightly toasted, 2 minutes. Add sugar and honey and cook, stirring until sugar is dissolved and glaze starts to bubble, 2 to 3 minutes more. Spoon pecan topping in an even layer over the top of your pound cake. Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.