Buttermilk Pecan Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter- add eggs and beat well.
• Alternately add milk, soda and flour to above mixture- adding flour last.
• Add in Flavorings, and mix well.
• Grease tube pan.
• DO NOT FLOUR.
• Spread chopped nuts evenly on bottom of pan and pour batter over nuts.
• (nuts maybe omitted).
• Bake at 310 to 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• Let cool slightly before removing from pan.

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:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add alternately with buttermilk and beat well. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Generously grease (I use Crisco) and flour and an angel food cake or similar type pan (this will rise and fill the pan nicely). Set aside.
• 2. In a non-stick skillet, using 2 tablespoons of butter, lightly toast the pecan halves, stirring constantly until they begin to release their aroma. Or if oven toasting works for you, as long as they are toasted, allow to cool a few minutes.
• 3. Measure flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda into a bowl; whisk to blend. Set aside.
• 4. Measure sugar and firmly packed brown sugar into a bowl. Mix well to incorporate both sugars. Set aside.
• 5. Crack eggs into one bowl, set aside. Measure buttermilk; set aside. Measure vanilla extract; set aside.
• 6. Grind the toasted pecans to a fine grind; set aside.
• 7. I use a stand mixer, but if you don't have one, use a large mixing bowl and hand mixer. Put butter, sugar, and eggs into mixer bowl. Mix about 10 seconds just to break eggs and begin to stir the butter and sugar, it will not look mixed.
• 8. Now add the flour mixture and begin mixing on low.
• 9. Slowly add the buttermilk, beat about 30 seconds.
• 10. Add vanilla, mix for 3 minutes on medium speed.
• 11. Reduce to low speed and add the nuts. Mix about 30 seconds, then remove from stand and clean beater. Mix by hand to fully incorporate the nuts into the batter, about 1 minute using a folding method of stirring.
• 12. Gently pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Set onto the oven rack and allow to bake for 65 to 75 minutes. At approx. 65 minutes, check the first time using a cake tester or toothpick. Cake is done when tester comes out clean. Top of cake should have a nice golden brown appearance.
• 13. When done, remove cake from oven and place on a cooling rack. DO NOT REMOVE FROM PAN. Make the glaze. Add to a small pot, the glaze ingredients except the vanilla. On medium low temperature, heat to melt sugar but DO NOT allow it to boil. Stir in vanilla.
• 14. Using a wooden skewer or similar object, poke holes all over cake.
• 15. Mix the glaze well and gently pour over entire cake allowing it to absorb into the cake top.
• 16. Let cool in pan, turn out onto a plate. If desired, flip again so cake top is up. It's prettier this way.