Chocolate Praline Layer Cake with Topping
- 12 cup butter or 12 cup Parkay margarine
- 14 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 34 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 1 package Pillsbury Plus Devils Food cake mix
- 1 14 cups water
- 13 cup oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 34 cups whipping cream
- 14 cup powdered sugar
- 14 teaspoon vanilla
- chocolate curls, if desired
- Heat oven to 325 degrees.
- In small saucepan, combine butter, 1/4 cup whipping cream and brown sugar.
- Cook over low heat just until butter is melted.
- Pour into two 9 or 8 inch round cake pans, sprinkle chopped pecans evenly over mixture.
- Combine cake mix, water, oil and eggs and mix until moistened, then beat on high for two minutes.
- Spoon over pecan mixture.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes or until cakes tests done.
- Cool 5 minutes in pans, remove from pans and cool completely.
- Topping---------.
- Beat 1 3/4 cups whipping cream until soft peaks form.
- Fold in powdered sugar and vanilla, beat until stiff peaks form.
- To asemble cake, place 1 layer on serving plate with praline side up and spread with 1/2 of the whipped cream mixture.
- Top with second layer, praline side up and spread with remaining whipped cream mixture.
- Garnish with chocolate curls if desired.
- Store in refrigerator.
butter, whipping cream, brown sugar, pecans, cake mix, water, oil, eggs, whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla, chocolate curls
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-praline-layer-cake-with-topping-13396 (may not work)