Caramelly, buttery, and sweet, are all the things we love well-nigh Pecan Pie, but now we’ve put it in a cake! There isn’t any fussing with pie husks anymore. A tender confection is a perfect vessel for soaking up that pecan pie syrup.
If you love pecans as much as I do, you’ll love any of these desserts packed full of pecans. Southern Pecan Pie Recipe, Pecan Pie Bars, Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie, and Bourbon Pecan Sticky Buns.
What is an upside-down cake?
Simply put, an upsidedown confection is where its topping is placed in the marrow of the pan, baked, and then flipped so that the topping is now on the top in all its caramelized glory.
Pecan Pie Upside Lanugo Confection Ingredients
A good value of sultry pantry essentials and some freshly chopped and whole Pecans create everything you want in a pecan pie but in a cake!
For the Topping, you’ll need
- Unsalted butter
- Light brown sugar packed
- Light corn syrup
- Vanilla extract
- Kosher salt
- Fisher Nuts pecan halves some chopped and some left whole
For the Confection batter, you’ll need
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Kosher salt
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Pure vanilla extract
- Buttermilk
How to make Pecan Pie Upside Lanugo Cake
For the Topping
Carefully line a 9-inch round pan with parchment paper on the very marrow then liberally spray the sides and the parchment paper with nonstick sultry spray.
In a medium-sized saucepan, over medium heat add the butter and let it start to melt. Once the butter has melted or is mostly melted add the corn syrup and brown sugar. Mix until the sugar has dissolved. Then add the vanilla and salt. Stir together everything and protract to mix until the mixture is well blended. Be shielding that the heat isn’t too high.
Stir in the pecans and indulge the sauce to completely imbricate all of it. Indulge the mixture to tomfool while you work on the confection batter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
For the Cake
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sultry powder, and salt.
In the trencher of a stand mixer, or using a large trencher and hand mixer, write-up together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, well-nigh 3-5 minutes.
Add the eggs one at a time, stopping to scrape the trencher lanugo in between additions. Write-up in the vanilla.
Add the dry mixture and buttermilk in â…“ increments, mixing on low speed until fully combined. Scrape lanugo the sides in between additions of dry mixture and buttermilk.
To Assemble
Pour the cooled-down pecan mixture into the sultry pan and spread with a spatula in an plane layer directly over the parchment paper.
Gently dollop and spread the thrash over the pecans. Be careful, the increasingly you move things virtually the increasingly you will transpiration the wattle of the pecans.
Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the part-way comes when with a few moist crumbs on it. Trammels the confection without it has cooked for 45 minutes with a toothpick. Let it melt for flipside 10 minutes if it is not done.
Let tomfool in the pan for well-nigh 20 minutes.
Carefully, run a butter pocketknife or small spatula virtually the whet of the confection in the pan. Unmold the confection by inverting the confection pan over a serving plate and gently lifting the pan yonder from the cake. If any of the pieces of pecans or the sauce is stuck to the confection pan, gently remove it with a spatula and spread it when over the top of the cake. Serve with ice surf or whipped cream!
Storing leftovers
Keep your Pecan Pie Upside Lanugo Confection covered and at room temperature for 2-3 days. To alimony this confection longer, store wrapped in the fridge for up to a week.
Planning ahead? If you’re preparing for a holiday gathering you can veritably prepare this confection well in advance. Prepare as normal, indulge to cool, then set on a lined sultry sheet in the freezer for a couple of hours. By this time the confection should be chilled unbearable to be wrapped up and stored in the freezer. Store for up to a month and indulge to thaw overnight surpassing serving.
How to serve Pecan Pie Upside Lanugo Cake
I know, you want your confection and to be worldly-wise to eat it too! Allowing this confection to tomfool some is ideal, and your mouth will thank you. Sugar burns are not very fun.
Once cooled enough, serve slightly warm while the caramelized pecans are still gooey. Serve with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, or butter pecan ice cream.
Expert Tips
Just a few notes to ensure a trappy pecan pie upside-down cake.
- Don’t forget to line the marrow of your confection pan with parchment for easy release.
- Using room-temperature ingredients will help to ensure a moist fluffy cake. Also, remember to not overmix your confection batter.
- Allowing the confection to cool for up to 20 minutes will indulge the sugars unbearable time to tomfool slightly surpassing turning the confection out. This will moreover prevent any unnecessary sugar burns.
- If you’ve happened to use a 9-inch springform pan, placing a sultry sheet under it while sultry is recommended to reservation any drippings.
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Pecan Pie Upside Lanugo Cake
Ingredients
For the Topping
- 1/2 cup Unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup Light brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup Light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups Fisher Nuts pecan halves some chopped and some left whole
For the Cake
- 1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup Unsalted butter room temperature
- 3/4 cup Granulated sugar
- 2 large Eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup Buttermilk
Instructions
For the Topping
- Carefully line a 9 inch round pan with parchment paper on the very marrow then liberally spray the sides and the parchment paper with nonstick sultry spray.
- In a medium sized saucepan, over medium heat add the butter and let it start to melt. Once the butter has melted or is mostly melted add the corn syrup and brown sugar. Mix until sugar has dissolved. Then add the vanilla and salt. Stir together everything and protract to mix until the mixture is well blended. Shielding that the heat isn’t too high.
- Stir in the pecans and indulge the sauce to completely imbricate all of it. Indulge the mixture to tomfool while you work on the confection batter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
For the Cake
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sultry powder, and salt.
- In the trencher of a stand mixer, or using a large trencher and hand mixer, write-up together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, well-nigh 3-5 minutes.
- Add the eggs one at a time, stopping to scrape the trencher lanugo in between additions. Write-up in the vanilla.
- Add the dry mixture and buttermilk in â…“ increments, mixing on low speed until fully combined. Scrape lanugo the sides in between additions of dry mixture and buttermilk.
To Assemble
- Pour the cooled lanugo pecan mixture into the sultry pan and spread with a spatula in an plane layer directly over the parchment paper..
- Gently dollop and spread the thrash over the pecans. Be careful, the increasingly you move things virtually the increasingly you will transpiration the wattle of the pecans.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the part-way comes when with a few moist crumbs on it. Trammels the confection without it has cooked for 45 minutes with a toothpick. Let it melt for flipside 10 minutes if it is not done.
- Let tomfool in the pan for well-nigh 20 minutes.
- Carefully, run a butter pocketknife or small spatula virtually the whet of the confection in the pan. Unmold the confection by inverting the confection pan over a serving plate and gently lifting the pan yonder from the cake. If any of the pieces of pecans or the sauce is stuck to the confection pan, gently remove it with a spatula and spread it when over the top of the cake. Serve with ice surf or whipped cream!
Notes
- This is a succulent cake! The confection itself is moist.Â
- The confection was washed-up for me in 45 minutes, but instead of deleting the 45-55 minute melt time I wrote in the directions to trammels at 45 minutes, but let it protract cooking if it is not done. I know some ovens can melt differently.Â
- I widow the use of a small spatula instead of the butter pocketknife for anyone who might be worried well-nigh scraping up their metal confection pan.
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