Carolina Butter Pecan Cake Bars
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Carolina Butter Pecan Cake Bars

1. Butter - 2 tablespoons
2. Pecan pieces - 1 ½ cups
3. White sugar - 2 cups
4. Butter - 1 cup
5. Eggs - 4
6. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons
7. Butter extract - 1 teaspoon
8. All-purpose flour - 3 cups
9. Baking powder - 2 teaspoons
10. Salt - ½ teaspoon
11. Milk - 1 cup
12. Confectioners' sugar - 6 ½ cups
13. Cream cheese, softened - 11 ounces
14. Butter, softened - ⅔ cup
15. Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons
16. Almond extract - ½ teaspoon
17. Milk, or more as needed - 1 tablespoon

How to cook deliciously - Carolina Butter Pecan Cake Bars

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.

2. Stage

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small, heavy skillet over medium heat. Add pecans and cook until toasted, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.

3. Stage

Combine white sugar and 1 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and butter extract.

4. Stage

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add to creamed butter mixture alternately with milk, beating just until combined. Fold in pecans. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

6. Stage

Beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, 2/3 cup butter, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and almond extract in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in enough milk to give frosting a spreadable consistency.

7. Stage

Divide hot cake in half and chop 1 half into a large bowl. Stir in 1/4 of the frosting. Repeat with remaining half, stirring in an additional 1/4 of the frosting. Spread mixture back into the baking pan; press flat with your fingers. Spread remaining frosting over the pressed cake mixture.

8. Stage

Refrigerate until firm, 3 to 4 hours. Cut into bars.