Pecan Pie Cake
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This Southern pecan pie cake recipe features all those irresistible pecan pie flavors in cake form. With a caramelized brown sugar and pecan layer on top of the cake, it’s decadent and delicious!
Hands up who loves pecan pie? It’s definitely one of the most popular desserts to enjoy during the holidays and throughout fall. There’s just something about the delicious combination of caramelized brown sugar and chopped pecans that has you coming back for more, right?
Well, with this pecan pie cake recipe (a Southern dessert specialty I might add), we take those flavors and add them on top of a box cake mix. The end result is a cake that’s decadent, rich, and moist. It’s almost like a dump cake!
Fortunately, it doesn’t take a lot of effort to make this delicious holiday dessert. All you need are 7 ingredients (cake mix, butter, light corn syrup, eggs, dark brown sugar, vanilla, and pecans) and a stand mixer. Once you mix and bake the cake layer, you then mix and bake the gooey and sweet pecan pie layer. That’s it! Enjoy a slice of pecan pie cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of fresh whipped cream.
Speaking of Thanksgiving and Christmas, a few of my other favorite desserts include my easy pumpkin pie recipe from scratch, pecan pie cheesecake, pumpkin praline cake with cream cheese icing, and loaded sweet potatoes with marshmallows.
Recipe Ingredients
- Butter cake or yellow cake mix
- Melted butter (or margarine)
- Light corn syrup
- Eggs
- Dark brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Chopped pecans
How to Make Pecan Pie Cake
Mix the cake mix, 1 egg, and melted butter until well blended.
Reserve 2/3 cup of this batter.
Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray.
Spread the remaining cake batter into this pan and bake at 325 for 15 minutes, or until just lightly brown.
In a mixing bowl, stir together the reserved 2/3 cup of batter, syrup, remaining eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, and pecans.
Pour the on top of the cake layer.
Cook at 325 for 50-60 minutes or until set in the center.
Doesn’t that look exactly like a pecan pie?
But hiding underneath is a fluffy cake. What more could you want?
Allow the cake to cool completely before serving.
Enjoy!
Storage
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. I recommend reheating leftovers quickly in the microwave.
Recipe Notes
- Use any box cake mix you like. You might even want to enhance the pecan flavor and opt for a butter pecan cake mix.
- You can use salted or unsalted butter. If you choose the latter, I’d also add a pinch of salt.
- You can also use either or dark .
Recipe FAQs
How do you serve pecan pie cake?
There’s nothing better than a slice of Southern pecan pie cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. But it also tastes great on its own or with some fresh whipped cream.
You may also like these other pecan recipes:
Butter Pecan Shortbread Chippers
Candied Pecans Recipe: Family and Friends Favorite
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake or butter cake mix
- 1/2 cup melted butter or margarine, I don’t judge
- 1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Instructions
- Mix cake mix, 1 egg, and melted butter until well blended. Reserve 2/3 cup of this batter.1 box yellow cake or butter cake mix, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup melted butter
- Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Spread the remaining cake batter into this pan and bake at 325 for 15 minutes, or until just lightly browned.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the reserved 2/3 cup of batter, syrup, 3 eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, and pecans.1 1/2 cups light corn syrup, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- Pour the pecan mixture on top of the cake layer and cook at 325 for 50-60 minutes, until set in the center.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before serving.
Enjoy!
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God bless your heart, Christy–and your legs, too! I marvel at your positive attitude after such a horrible accident, remembering how traumatic it was when I broke “just” an ankle almost 15 years ago. And thanks for the yummy Pecan Pie Cake recipe. I think I’ll turn it into a trifle (just about my favorite dessert to prepare and serve), layered with homemade Fluffy Topping (better than marshmallow creme!). Keep on smiling and spreading your precious Southern cheer!
What a cute story…. sorry.forgot what happened to you….I am on so many blogs lol…but are you the one who got hurt riding a horse ? Sure hope you get better soon. Love this Pecan Pie Cake and can’t wait to make it….but I would use white cake mix, for some reason I do not like yellow cake mix…..would this work ?
Loved the story Christy! I would have probably broke something else trying to get rid of that wooly booger and you are so right we all face many wooly boogers in our day to day life we have to deal with. So glad you are doing better I keep you in my prayers and on the prayer list at church. I love the recipe and I too say puh-kahns as I was always told a pee-can was kept under the bed for when you didn’t want to go down a dark path to the outside two holer. Well a two holer if you were uptown but only one if you were really back roads country like my family. But we were rich in love and blessings!
Looks delicious, in Kansas we say P Con
I tell my hubby that “I don’t do bugs” … that’s his job. But the truth is, I do bugs … because we do what we have to do! I proudly told him that I killed the two black widows that he had been trying to get in the yard!
I agree how to pronounce pecans … this is how you pronounce the name of this cake … YUMMO!
This recipe and picture made my mouth water. I am making this, for sure. I use my mother’s recipe for pecan pie and have a lot of raves. She used dark Karo, so I do too. Might me like the woman who always cut the tip end of a roast off before cooking…. Asked why? She didn’t know, so she asked her mother. Mother didn’t know, so they asked Grandma. Grandma said, “That’s the only way I could get it to fit in the pan”.
Hope you’re healing QUICKLY.
Too funny!!!
This was just sitting in my inbox yelling my name in more ways than one. Not only did I have a huge woolybugger come at me just within the hour (our renters are breaking their lease, errr) BUT I also am in love with anything pecan “puh-khan” related. This word is a constant argument in my house since my hubs insists that its pronounced “Pee-can”, which sounds absurd! Hope your doing well and thanks for your positive spirit.