Pumpkin Praline Torte

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup butter (no substitutes)
• 3 tablespoons whipping cream
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 4 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups cooked pumpkin or 2 cups canned pumpkin
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups whipping cream
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• additional chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and cream.
• 2 cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 pour into two well-greased 9-in round cake pans.
• 4 sprinkle with pecans, cool.
• 5 in a mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar and oil.
• 6 add pumpkin and vanilla.
• 7 combine dry ingredients; add to pumpkin mixture and beat until just blended.
• 8 carefully spoon over brown sugar mixture in pans.
• 9 bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 10 cool for 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• 11 place one cake layer, praline side up, on a serving plate.
• 12 in a mixing bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form.
• 13 beat in sugar and vailla.
• 14 spread two-thirds over first cake layer.
• 15 top with second layer and remaining whipped cream.
• 16 sprinkle with additional pecans if desired.
• 17 store in the refrigerator.