Pastel de Pecana
Pecan Cake with Honey Glaze. From a Gourmet Club - serves 6 - 8.
Ingredients
Cake
  • 4 Eggs, separated
  • 1/2C Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/2tsp Vanilla
  • 2/3C Sugar
  • 1Pinch Salt
  • 2/3C Pecans, finely ground
  • 1/3C Flour
Honey Glaze
  • 2Tbsp Butter
  • 1/2C Honey
Instructions
To Make Cake
  1. Lightly butter and flour one 8" or 9" pan - round or square
  2. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks, butter and vanilla.
  3. Add 1/3 cup sugar and beat until thick and creamy
  4. In a larger bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until frothy.
  5. Continue to beat adding the remaining sugar 2 T at a time until stiff peaks form
  6. Fold 1/3 of stiff whites into the yolk mixture to lighten.
  7. Fold the yolk mixture into the remaining stiff whites.
  8. Combine the nuts and flour.
  9. Sprinkle or sift 1/3 of flour mixture into egg mixture, folding after each addition until all of the flour and nut mixture has been added.
  10. Pour into pan
  11. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes 8" pan or 25 minutes for 9" pan.
  12. Let stand ten minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack, top up and cool one hour before glazing.
To Make Glaze
  1. Melt butter in a saucepan.
  2. Add honey and bring to a frothy boil.
  3. Reduce heat to medium and allow to boil for 3 - 4 minutes
  4. Cool then pour over cake while the glaze is still warm, allowing glaze to drip down the sides.
Recipe Notes

Glaze will be sticky. Use a sharp knife warmed in hot water and dried to cut.