Pecan Spice Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 52 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package spice cake mix (plus ingredients as label directs)
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 first, make cake.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 spray two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
• 4 prepare cake mix as package directs; stir in pecans.
• 5 pour batter into the 2 pans; bake as directed on pkg.
• 6 cool on wire racks 10 minutes; then remove from pans and cool completely.
• 7 while cake is baking you can make the filling and the frosting.
• 8 coconut-pecan filling: in saucepan, mix corn syrup, sugar, milk, butter, egg yolks and vanilla.
• 9 cook and stir over medium heat until thickened, 10-12 minutes; remove from heat.
• 10 stir in coconut and pecans.
• 11 cool until thick and spreadable; makes 2-1/4 cups.
• 12 next, make luscious chocolate frosting.
• 13 in bowl, beat cream cheese, corn syrup and butter until creamy.
• 14 beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla until frosting is of spreading consistency; makes 1-1/3 cups.
• 15 now assemble cake.
• 16 when cake is cool, split layers horizontally in half.
• 17 place one cake layer on serving plate; spread with 1/3 of coconut-pecan filling.
• 18 top with 2nd cake layer; spread with about 2/3 cup luscious chocolate frosting.
• 19 top with 3rd cake layer; spread with 1/3 of filling.
• 20 top with 4th cake layer.
• 21 frost side of cake with remaining frosting; spread top of cake with remaining filling.
• 22 yes, frosting on the side and filling on top.
• 23 refrigerate 2 hours or until set.