Texas Praline Cake

Howdy Ya'll. Ready for some darn good cake? This tasty pecan cake has the subtle flavors of chocolate and coffee, and is frosted with a rich brown sugar whipped cream. This cake prefers Texas pecans!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 696 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup heavy cream, chilled
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (Optional)
• ½ cup brown sugar, not packed
• 10 pecan halves (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease just the bottom of a 10 inch tube pan.

Step 2

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Stir in vanilla. Dissolve the coffee crystals in water, and stir into the creamed mixture until blended. Stir together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; stir into the batter until just incorporated. Fold in pecans. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake for about 55 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack.

Step 4

In a chilled bowl, stir together the heavy cream, salt, vanilla and remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar so that the sugar is dissolved. Whip using chilled beaters until stiff. Run a knife around the outer edge of the cake in the pan, and tap it out onto a serving plate. Make sure cake is completely cool before frosting. Decorate with pecan halves if you like.