Chocolate Praline Cake

This Chocolate Praline Cake is a deliciously moist chocolate cake topped with a praline frosting and chopped pecans making this cake one you will not be able to resist!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate cake, pecan cake

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Servings

Calories 516kcal

Author Julie Clark

Ingredients

For the cake:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powderIUI
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup canola oil
2 large eggs room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup freshly brewed strong hot coffee

For the praline frosting:

1 cup brown sugar packed
2 cups chopped pecans
½ cup melted butter
⅓ cup heavy cream
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups powdered sugar

Instructions

Make the cake:

Spray a 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
For the cake, put flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix well.
In a stand mixer, mix the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla together. Slowly add in the mix of dry ingredients while the mixer is on low. Add the coffee and make sure everything is combined. The batter will be very thin.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until the center of the cake springs back when you touch it.

Make the frosting:

In a small saucepan, heat the brown sugar, pecans, butter and heavy cream.
Heat over low heat, melt the butter and bring to a simmer. Boil lightly for two minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
Add the powdered sugar and mix well.
Spread the frosting over the cake while the cake is cool but the frosting is still warm. It will harden as it sits so work with the frosting quickly.

Notes

The calories shown are based on the cake being cut into 15 pieces, with 1 serving being 1 slice of frosted cake. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information.**

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