Pecan Praline Cake with Butter Sauce is so scrumptious that no one will know it's made with a cake mix! All topped with a sweet butter sauce!
SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE CAKE WITH BUTTER SAUCE
I'm gonna start this recipe by saying I am nuts about nuts. Alright now, get your brains outta the gutter! I'm talking about pecans and walnuts and macadamia - you name it. But my absolute favorite is the pecan. And if you love pecans like I do, you are in for a treat!
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WHAT IF I DON'T LIKE COCONUT?
I get this question a lot. All I'm gonna say is I have made this cake SO many times for coconut haters and they love it. You can't even really taste the coconut that is in the frosting. However, if you're the one making it and you know it's in there, you almost are trying hard to taste it. Unfortunately, I have not found an acceptable substitute yet for this flavor and consistency. It's the same frosting used for German chocolate cake. This cake is full of pecan flavor and the sauce just takes this cake over the top.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
For the cake:
butter pecan cake mix
coconut pecan frosting
eggs
oil
water
chopped pecans
For the sauce:
sweetened condensed milk
butter
chopped pecans
HOW TO MAKE PECAN PRALINE CAKE WITH BUTTER SAUCE:
Enjoy!
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PECAN PRALINE CAKE WITH BUTTER SAUCE
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1 box box Butter Pecan Cake Mix
- 1 tub Coconut Pecan Frosting
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup oil
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup chopped pecans
For the sauce:
- 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tbsp butter
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Spray a 9 x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl (or your stand mixer bowl), combine all the cake ingredients except for the chopped pecans.
- Don't forget to add the tub of coconut pecan frosting.
- That goes into the cake batter too! Mix well then stir in ½ cup chopped pecans.
- Pour batter into greased baking dish.
- Bake for about 40 minutes.
- Oven times vary but cake should spring back to the touch and be golden brown.
- Or insert a toothpick into the middle it should come out clean.
- For the sauce: In a small pot over medium heat, melt 2 tbsp. Butter.
- Pour in can of sweetened condensed milk with the melted butter and stir.
- Continue to stir until heated thoroughly, then add ½ cup chopped pecans.
- Stir again then take off heat.
- Then spoon this deliciously yummy sauce over individual slices of cake.
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Notes
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Originally published: November 2012
Updated & republished: May 2019
Good grief I think I just gained 5 pounds looking at that! Might have to make that one real soon...and I LOVE nuts, too. But pecans are ridiculously expensive right now. Thanks for nothing Mr. Drought! Cute kitchen helper you have there...
Im going to try this. 🙂 this looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I made this cake. It is sooo good..
Its amazing!!!!
This looks REALLY good with one exception -- my family does not like coconut. Do you have any suggestion for a substitute frosting to use in place of the coconut pecan?
There's so much going on in this cake i doubt they would even know it's in there.
My dad loves pecan cakes! I'll have to make this for him!
Thank you for the sweet comments everyone! Always love hearing from you!! Connie - unfortunately the coconut pecan frosting is essential in this. It gives it so much flavor & moistness. I can tell you that my husband (who does not like coconut) ate it & had no idea it was even in there! And I took it to a potluck recently and several people asked me for the recipe & when I gave it to them, they were surprised that coconut pecan frosting was an ingredient! And one of those ladies is a very savvy baker and she said she knew there was something she just couldn't put her finger on in the taste. Guess what? It was coconut! 🙂
Should this cake be refrigerated
Oh my, I've been following your blog for a couple days, and just wanted to tell you THANK YOU! I don't remember how I came upon it, but I'm so tickled pink that I did! I made the red velvet poke cake last night and I am now officially addicted to any cake that has the word "poke" in it! Thanks again for sharing all these wonderfully easy things! Will be making the chicken/tater tot cass. this weekend:)
I love your recipes!!! I have copied so many of them, and the ones I have made are wonderful. YUM
That is one pretty tasty looking cake.
IT IS BEYOND DELICIOUS!!
Pat yourself on the back!! This is brilliant and in a year of pecan shortage this is going to substitute for out pecan pie this season.
I been making this cake for a while minus the sauce. Warm the icing up in the microwave for about 45 seconds (my microwave is strong) & pour it right in. This is one delicious cake. Definitely have to make the sauce next time. Thanks Brandie for all the great recipes you share with us. Keep on posting them.
Now y'all know how to make a girl's day! Thank you so much!! I really hope you love this recipe as much as we do! Katie - I don't warm the frosting up at all. It scoops right out of the tub and mixes just fine with the batter as is. I hope you like this with the sauce when you make it again! Thank you again for your comments! 🙂
Just one question. How do you manage not to eat half the tub of frosting before you get it into the cake batter??? OMG, this looks soooooo good!
I am definitely going to make this when someone is coming to visit or maybe when I have to take a cake to someone for dessert. I wouldn't be safe having it alone in my house with me because I could feel my hips expanding as I was reading the recipe....imagine what they would do if I was eating it!!! Anyway, I'll be trying as soon as the proper occassion presents itself....like Hunting Season has begun and "let us eat cake"
Wow!!! Im Happy that I stumbled across your blog... You have just made my day.. I have just recently started back to work and thought how am I go to still cook for my girls without slaving in the kitchen... Well The Country Cook is the answer... Thank You, Thank You... 🙂
Oh Sweet Sister (I do mean that literally!=) thanks for another yummy yummy cake recipe. You are Da Cake Queen for sure! I have never heard or read a recipe like this before. YUM-OOOOOO!
I am always looking for new recipes. This looks really good! I would LOVE for you to come share at my Farm Girl Blog Fest: http://fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com/2012/11/farm-girl-blog-fest-9.html
Lisa
Fresh Eggs Daily
I saw this on your blog yesterday and made it when I got home from work. We ate a piece after dinner, hubby had another piece for TV, and then breadfast with coffee. Tonight, we finished off the cake except for one piece and my husband has claims on it for breakfast with coffee. We have a house guest that HATES coconut and never even realized there was coconut in it!! I actually like it just as much without the sauce on top. It's moist, wonderful flavor and is great for anytime of the day. This will go in my list of favorites! I have already bought the stuff to make it again! Thanks for sharing the recipe! NOW, who is going to pay for my new stretch pants???
Sounds awesome! Question - if I take this to my in-laws' for Thanksgiving, should I make the sauce but keep separate, then reheat and pour over before serving after we get there? Will it get too mushy if I pour it over ahead of time?
I'd make it after arriving!!
So happy y'all like this one!! Anonymous - since you are going somewhere where you can heat the sauce up before serving, I would put the sauce in a microwave safe container, then warm it up before serving. This cake is fine at room temperature but I think it is even yummier when you pour the warm sauce over top before serving. 🙂
This cake is baking in the oven as I type! I can't wait to surprise my family today with this scrumptious recipe!!! Thanks for sharing! PS: The smell while it's baking is oh so yummy!!!! My mouth is watering RIGHT NOW! 🙂
I am baking this cake as we speak! I can not wait to taste it, and i hope the family enjoys it!! I'll post later.Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
This dessert was a HIT during my holiday festivities.
The butter sauce takes this cake to another level!!!
This will definitely be a staple recipe for my family to enjoy year after year!!!!
Made this for Thanksgiving dinner and it was a big hit, everyone loved it and requested it to be on the menu again next year. I spread the butter sauce on the entire cake rather than on individual pieces. Thanks for a great recipe. I was thinking this recipe might also be good in a German chocolate cake mix.
I want to thank you for this recipe. I cook all the dinners and special events for our church and today was a women's event and I made this as one of the desserts and it was a big hit! There is a grouchy lady who is not very kind and when she ate this cake she smiled and asked for another piece. Got me to thinking how much of an effect food really does have on people.
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