Nannie's Butter Pecan Cake

My grandmother use to make this for me all the time when I was little. Love it!

Ingredients

• 1 ⅓ cups coarsely chopped pecans
• 1 ¼ cups butter, divided
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine pecans and 1/4 cup butter in a baking pan.
2. Bake pecans in the preheated oven until toasted and fragrant, about 20 minutes. Let cool.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
4. Combine remaining 1 cup butter and sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in flour mixture, alternating with milk and vanilla extract, until batter is smooth. Fold in pecans.
5. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
6. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.