Brown Sugar Pecan Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

I made this cake for our early Christmas dinner.  It is extremely moist and delicious!  The recipe can make 1 large Bundt cake or 2 small ones (I did 2 small).  

Ingredients:
For the Cake:
1 1/2 cup softened butter (3 sticks)
2 cups light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup whole milk
1 cup chopped pecans, plus a little extra for topping

For the Glaze:
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Directions:

For the cake:

1) Preheat the oven to 325 and spray and flour a bundt pan.  This will fill one 12 inch bundt pan or 2 smaller bundt pans.

2)  Beat butter and sugars together until fluffy.  Then add eggs, one at a time until well combined.

3)  In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.  Alternate adding flour mixture and milk to batter, starting and ending with the flour.  

(Buddy is helping)

4) Stir in the pecans and spoon batter into the pan.  If you are using 1 large bundt pan, bake for about 80-85 mins, or until a toothpick comes out clean.  If you are using 2 smaller bundt pans,  bake 40-50 mins, until a toothpick comes out clean.  

5) Let the cake cool about 10 mins, then remove from pan. Let the cake cool completely before glazing.

  

For the glaze:

1)  Heat the butter and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved.  Add cream, vanilla, and salt.  Bring to a boil and then remove from heat.  Let cool until thickened, then use glaze immediately. Top the cake with chopped pecans.

Enjoy!!
~ Amanda