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Mayflower Cake




Source of Recipe


billk54






List of Ingredients



• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
  
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
• 2 cups crushed vanilla wafers
  
• 1 cup chopped pecans
  
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 1 cup vegetable oil
  
• 4 eggs
  
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
  
• Cream cheese frosting
  
• 1/4 cup caramel sunday topping
  
• 1 cup pecan halves, toasted
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees with racks in middle of oven. Use solid vegetable shortening to grease three 8 1/2 inch round cake pans. Dust with flour, tapping out the excess and set aside.
   
2. In a small mixer bowl, stir together the cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside. Using a large bowl and an electric mixer, beat the vanilla wafer crumbs, chopped pecans and 1 1/2 sticks of butter, softened. Use medium speed, scraping bowl often, until the mixture is crumbly. Divide evenly among prepared cake pans and press evenly on bottoms of pans.
   
3. In the same large mixer bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and canned pumkin on medium speed for 1 minute, scraping the bowl constantly. Gradually beat in the flour mixture and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally. Pour over the pressed in pecan mixture in pans and spread batter evenly.
   
4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the center of a 350 degree oven, using 2 racks if necessary to spread the pans out and allow for even heat distribution. A cake tester stuck in the center of each layer should come out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans to a wire rack to cool the cake layers.
   
5. Top each cake layer with 1/3 cup of the frosting, placing layers on a serving plate with pecan sides down. Frost the side of the cake, if desired. Drizzle caramel sunday topping around the edge of the cake and let it dribble over the edge. Arrange pecan halves around the edge of the cake. Store covered, in the refrigerator.
   
6. Yield: One 3 layer cake