Nannie's Butter Pecan Cake Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine pecans and 1/4 cup butter in a baking pan.

Bake pecans in the preheated oven until toasted and fragrant about 20 minutes. Let cool.

Combine flour baking powder and salt in a bowl.

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.

Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).

Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean about 1 hour.