Spiced pecan cake recipe

CLICK TO RATE
(218 ratings)

This spiced pecan cake has all the flavours of a pecan pie – what’s not to love? We are sure this pecan cake will quickly become one of your go-to loafs to bake.

spiced pecan cake
(Image credit: TI Media)
  • healthy
Serves10
SkillEasy
Preparation Time20 mins
Cooking Time40 mins
Total Time1 hours
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories351 Kcal18%
Fat23 g33%
Saturated Fat10.5 g53%

This spiced pecan cake has all the flavours of a pecan pie – what’s not to love? We are sure this pecan cake will quickly become one of your go-to loaves to bake. It’s such an easy recipe to follow and can be on the table to eat in just over an hour. Pecans are full of healthy mono-saturated fats and are a good source of vitamin E, fibre and antioxidants. The light brown muscavado sugar in the pecan cake mixture gives such a wonderful, caramel-like finish that works wonders with the pecans. We’ve used just a teaspoon of mixed spice but it is amazing how much flavour you get from this. Shop bought mixed spice is a blend of allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, cloves, coriander and ginger. Cinnamon is the dominant flavour and if you really like it, you could add a touch more to the mixture. Serve with a good glug of double cream or a spoon of clotted cream ice cream.

Ingredients

  • 100g plus 80g butter
  • 100g plus 80g light brown muscavado sugar
  • 100g whole pecans
  • 2 eggs
  • 160g plain flour
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1tsp mixed spice
  • splash of milk
  • cream, to serve

WEIGHT CONVERTER

to

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a 500g loaf tin with baking paper.
  2. Rub together the 80g butter and sugar. Mix in the pecans, and place on the base of a lined loaf tin.
  3. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the eggs one at a time beating well between each addition. Stir through the flour, baking salt and mixed spice. Fold in the pecan nuts and add a little milk if necessary – the mixture should be a soft dropping consistency.
  4. Spoon the mixture over the pecan, sugar and butter base. Bake for 35-40 mins until golden brown and cooked through. Serve sliced with cream.
GoodtoKnow

Trusted, informative, and empathetic – GoodToKnow is the ultimate online destination for mums. Established in 2007, our 15-year-strong archive of content includes more than 18,000 articles, 1,500 how-to videos, and 7,000 recipes.