Description
This Pecan Upside-Down Cake is a delicious blend of yellow cake mix, pecans, and caramel syrup, creating a delightful dessert perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 13 oz box yellow cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 stick + 4 tbsp salted butter (divided)
- 8 oz pecan halves (roughly chopped, divided)
- ⅓ cup dark corn syrup
- ½ cup + ¼ cup brown sugar (divided)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 sprinkle of flour
Instructions
- Grease a bundt pan really well with 4 tbsp of softened butter (to ensure the cake comes out of the pan easily when you flip it over). Also, sprinkle a little flour over the pan.
- In a large measuring cup or bowl melt 1 stick of butter. Then add in 1 & ½ cups of the roughly chopped pecans (save the remaining pecans for later), dark corn syrup, and ½ cup brown sugar. Mix that together until combined. Then pour the syrup pecan mixture evenly into the greased bundt pan.
- In another bowl add the yellow cake mix, eggs, water, and vegetable oil. Whisk or beat with a hand mixer until fully combined. Evenly pour half of the cake batter over the syrup pecan mixture in the bundt pan. Set aside the other half of the cake batter.
- In a small bowl, add the remaining roughly chopped pecans, cinnamon, and a ¼ cup brown sugar. Mix that up with a fork. Sprinkle this sugar pecan mixture evenly over the cake batter in the bundt pan (you can use as much or as little of the sugar pecan mixture as you’d like).
- Then evenly pour the other half over the cake batter over the sugar pecan mixture in the bundt pan.
- Bake in the oven at 350°F for about 40 minutes.
- Let it cool for only 10 minutes.
- Then put a large plate or cutting board on top of the pan, and carefully flip it upside down so the cake comes out of the pan onto the cutting board.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Greasing and flouring the bundt pan is important to prevent sticking.
- You can adjust the amount of sugar pecan mixture to your taste.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 100mg