Praline cake

Praline cake

Ingredients/Components

• shortening - 1/4 c
• sugar - 3/4 c
• egg - 1 item
• sifted cake flour
• baking powder
• salt - 1/4 tsp
• milk - 2/3 c
• vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Praline Glaze - 1 item
• plus 1 tsp
• firmly packed brown sugar - 1/2 c
• butter or margarine, melted - 1/4 c
• water - 2 Tbsp
• chopped pecans - 3/4 c

How to make praline cake:

Praline Glaze:1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. all-purpose flour1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar1/4 c. butter or margarine, melted2 Tbsp. water3/4 c. chopped pecans Cream shortening and sugar; add egg, beating well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a heavily greased 8-inch round or square cake pan. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool slightly. Spread Praline Glaze over cake. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes. Yield: one 8-inch cake.

Glaze: Combine first 4 ingredients, mixing well. Stir in chopped pecans. Yield: enough for one 8-inch cake.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cakes, Midwestern u.s..