Praline Cake
Flour & Spice Blog recipe - American
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp butter (room temp)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup walnut or pecan pieces
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, grease and flour a 9 inch cake pan
- 2
Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- 3
Cream the butter and sugar together
- 4
Add eggs, beat for 1-2 minutes
- 5
Now add the vanilla and mix to combine
- 6
Alternatingly add the buttermilk and dry ingredients in 2 batches each until just mixed.
- 7
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 28-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle emerges clean
- 8
Put a frying pan on medium high heat, add your notes, toast the nuts, swirling every thirty seconds or so for about 2 minutes. They will darken and smell toasty.
- 9
Bring the brown sugar, butter and cream to boil in a small saucepan, simmer for 3 minutes and then add the vanilla and salt.
- 10
Stir in the nuts and pour over the cake.