# Butter Pecan Cake

# Ingredients

# Cake

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1⅓+ cups pecans, toasted

# Frosting

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 8 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• milk
• 1⅓+ cups pecans, toasted

# Instructions

# Cake

1. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
2. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, alternating with milk.
5. Stir in the vanilla and pecans.
6. Pour the batter into the pans and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes.
7. Cool for 10 minutes before removing the cakes from the pans, then let the cakes cool completely.

# Frosting

1. Cream the butter and sugar.
2. Add the vanilla and almond extracts.
3. Add milk until the frosting is smooth.
4. Stir in the pecans.
5. Frost the cake.

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