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Pecan sheet cake with brown sugar pecan frosting in a red baking dish, with a cut square.

Lazy Daisy Pecan Cake

Pecan sheet cake with brown sugar pecan frosting in a red baking dish, with a cut square.

  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar; firmly packed
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs; or 1 whole egg; plus 2 yolks
  • 1¾ cups sifted cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon soda
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon allspice
  • ⅔ cups sour milk
  • ¾ cups pecan pieces
  • Lazy Daisy Frosting
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. In a large mixing bowl cream together butter and sugars.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  4. Sift dry ingredients and stir in alternately with sour milk.
  5. Blend in nuts. Spread in greased and floured 13-inch-by-9-inch-by-2-inch pan.
  6. Bake in a preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  7. Allow cake to cool, then top with lazy daisy frosting.
Lazy Daisy Frosting

  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter; melted
  • ¼ cup evaporated milk; or cream
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅔ cups brown sugar; firmly packed
  • 1 cup pecan pieces
  1. Mix frosting ingredients together and blend well.

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