Pecan Upside Down Cake

🍯🥧 Pecan Upside-Down Cake

Ingredients

Topping

• ½ cup unsalted butter
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup pecan halves

Cake Batter

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¾ cup buttermilk (or milk + 1 tsp vinegar)

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a round cake pan.
2. Melt butter and brown sugar together; pour into the pan. Arrange pecans evenly on top.
3. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
5. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
6. Pour batter gently over pecans.
7. Bake 40–45 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
8. Cool 10 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate.

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✨ Rich, buttery, and irresistibly nutty—perfect with coffee or vanilla ice cream 🍦