Pecan Cake
Pecan cake is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the nut cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 250 g soft butter
- 200 g sugar
- 1 vanilla sugar
- a pinch of salt
- organic lemon zest
- 4 eggs
- 125 ml milk
- 400 g flour
- 100 g cornstarch
- 1 packet baking powder
- 80 g coarsely chopped pecans
- butter (for the pan)
- parchment paper
- 1 egg yolk
Instructions
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1.
Cream butter with sugar and vanilla sugar, add a pinch of salt, lemon zest, and gradually fold in eggs until frothy.
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2.
Whisk flour, cornstarch, and baking powder together, then slowly stir into the batter along with milk and half the pecans.
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3.
Pour the dough into a greased wooden loaf pan lined with parchment paper (or a buttered loaf tin), smooth the top, and sprinkle remaining pecans over it.
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4.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C on the middle rack for about 1 hour. Brush the cake with whisked egg yolk ten minutes before the end of baking and continue baking. Let the finished cake cool in the pan (or let a loaf tin cool slightly, then transfer to a wire rack).
