Description
Very moist dense cake.
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups packed dark brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
- Cream together 1cup butter or margarine
- shortening
- brown sugar
- and 1 cup white sugar. Add eggs one at a time
- beating well after each addition. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Sift 2 1/2 cups of the flour and baking powder. Add alternately with milk to the creamed mixture. Stir 1/2 cup flour with the chopped pecans
- then fold into the batter. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 90 minutes
- or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let stand in pan 10 minutes
- and then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- To Make Frosting: In a small saucepan
- beat 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- butter or margarine
- and milk together. Bring to a rolling boil
- and cook for one minute. Remove from heat
- and stir in vanilla. Cool
- then beat until thickened. Add a little milk if it too thick. Spread on cake.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 14