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Butter Pecan Pound Cake Recipe
If you're looking for the perfect fall and winter dessert, this is it — my Butter Pecan Pound Cake recipe is sweet, moist, and everything you love!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Servings: 8 people
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup (8oz/225g) butter, softened
- 6 tablespoons (3oz/85g) butter (at room temperature)
- 1 ¼ cups (7½oz/213g) dark brown sugar
- ½ cup (3oz/85g) dark brown sugar
- 4 large eggs (at room temperature)
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 1¾ cups (8¾oz/207g) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (3oz/85g) powdered sugar (sifted)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups (7½oz/213g) pecans (toasted and chopped)