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Baking has always been apart of my life. My grandmother and great-grandmother were both amazing bakers who made delicious Southern Soul Food desserts. My great-grandmother was a pasty cook at a restaurant in Florida. My grandmother wasn’t a baker by profession, but was an amazing baker as well and always did the baking for holidays and celebrations.
Pound cake is definitely a soul food classic that my grandmother made extremely well. It was always one of out favorites.
Just like them, I make a lot of cake recipes from scratch, but I also really love boxed cake mixes. And
Duncan Hines makes amazing cake mixes! They also offer many other sweet treats mixes like brownies, cookies and mug cakes too.
There are so many different flavors of cake mixes to choose from. I used their Perfectly Moist Class White Cake Mix to make my Pecan Praline Pound Cake.
How to Make The Cake:
And it’s simple to make. To a mixing bowl, add cake mix, flour and baking powder, then eggs whites, sour cream, vegetable oil and vanilla extract. I added extra flour to give the cake a more pound cake like texture. And the baking powder is for the extra added flour.
Beat until smooth. Make the pecan filling by adding brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans to a bowl and mix. Add half of the batter to a bundt pan. Sprinkle on the mixture, then top with remaining batter. You can swirl the batter at this point with a knife if desired. I decided to leave the pecan mixture as a straight line.
Bake for 35-40 minutes then cool. Add the praline sauce on top, which consists of butter, brown sugar, milk, powdered sugar, vanilla and pecans. So good!
This is one cake you’ll want to make!
Pecan Praline Pound Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist Class White Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3 large egg whites
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp clear vanilla extract
Pecan Filling
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Praline Topping
- 5 tbsp butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
Cake
- In a mixing bowl add cake mix, flour, baking powder and stir until mixed. Add in egg whites, oil, sour cream and vanilla. Beat with beaters or in a stand mixer. Set aside. In a small bowl add ingredients for the pecan filling in a bowl. Stir to combine. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Oil and flour a standard sized bundt pan. Spoon in half of the cake mixture. Smooth with a spatula. Sprinkle the batter with the pecan filling mixture until all of the batter is covered. Spoon the rest of the batter by spoonfuls on top. Smooth with a spatula. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the cake is browned. Cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then invert to take the cake out of the pan. Cool on a wire rack.
Praline Topping
- In a saucepan add butter, brown sugar and milk. Let the mixture start to boil, then let it boil for one minute. Remove from the heat, then add powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir until smooth, then add chopped pecans. Pour on top on the cake and serve.
Lena
February 24, 2021 at 11:06 pmI’m wondering if I could sub butter for oil?
Peaches2Peaches
March 17, 2021 at 4:07 amHi! You definitely can. I use oil because it makes cakes more moist, but definitely go with butter if you prefer it 🙂
Ella Francis
March 2, 2021 at 8:24 amI LOVE IT…THX SO KINDLY & I WLD LIKE TO RECEIVE MORE RECIPES… I’LL BE GRATEFUL…!!! GOD BLESS