BUTTERSCOTCH CAKE WITH BUTTERSCOTCH FROSTING
This Butterscotch Cake makes a wonderful dessert to serve friends and family or just as a snack anytime. Cake is one of my favorite things in this world. I could eat it everyday! I love it with coffee, milk or tea. If you like butterscotch, you will love this one.
Butterscotch cake is delicious and easy to make.
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick butter or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup, softened
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (3.4 ounce) box butterscotch instant pudding
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup nut pieces (pecans or walnuts)
Cream together sugar, butter and eggs with mixer. Add vanilla extract. Whisk together in another bowl the flour, baking powder, salt and butterscotch pudding mix. Add flour mixture along with buttermilk to creamed mixture and mix. Fold in butterscotch chips and nuts with spoon. Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan with cooking spray. Spread cake batter in pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes until center tests done. Add frosting below.
Butterscotch Frosting:
1 cup butterscotch chips
2 tablespoons butter
3 cups powdered sugar
About 5 tablespoons milk
Melt chips and butter together in microwave or on top of stove. It takes about 1 minute 25 seconds in my microwave. Add powdered sugar and a little milk while mixing with mixer. Continue mixing and adding milk until the get the frosting consistency you want. Spread over cooled cake.
Butterscotch Cake with Butterscotch Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 stick butter or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 3.4 ounce box butterscotch instant pudding
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 cup nut pieces pecans or walnuts
Butterscotch Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- About 5 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Cream together sugar, butter and eggs with mixer. Add vanilla extract. Whisk together in another bowl the flour, baking powder, salt and butterscotch pudding mix. Add flour mixture along with buttermilk to creamed mixture and mix
- Fold in butterscotch chips and nuts with spoon. Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan with cooking spray. Spread cake batter in pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes until center tests done. Add frosting
Frosting Instructions
- Melt chips and butter together in microwave or on top of stove. It takes about 1 minute 25 seconds in my microwave
- Add powdered sugar and a little milk while mixing with mixer. Continue mixing and adding milk until the get the frosting consistency you want. Spread over cooled cake.
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Would love to try this but in New Zealand dont have butterscotch chips any suggestions love your recipes
Thank you so much, Colleen. So happy you enjoy the recipes. I am not sure there is a substitute for butterscotch chips. There may be a way to make your own if you try googling it.
could i make this cake in a sheet pan size 12×17 if so how long should i bake it for
Yes, I think you could do that fine, Pamela. I would just watch it and maybe cut the time by 10 minutes or so. Check the middle with a fork or something to see if done. Hope you enjoy the recipe.
Hiii!! This recipe looks yummy and easy to make. I’m new to baking, so I have a few questions before I got down to baking it:
1) What brand of buttermilk do you use?
2) Is it okay if I halved the recipe and made this in a 8” round pan?
Thank you!
I don’t use any special brand of buttermilk. Just whatever I can find at Walmart or Kroger but I do use the whole buttermilk and not the fat free. I think you could easily make half this recipe. Good luck and happy baking.
Could I make this in two 8″ round pans instead of a 9×13 pan?
Yes, you could do that Kathy.
This is fantastic! Not only tasty but so quick and easy to make.
I love your recipes,can all ways find something good to make!
Thank you for such a sweet comment Mary! Have a wonderful day!
I made this cake for my husband today since butterscotch & pecans are 2 of his favorite !!!! He loved it, well WE loved it ! He is recovering from foot surgery & this cake made him feel so much better !!! Thanks !
So happy to hear that Linda and thank you for letting me know. I hope your husband has a speedy recovery and a great Father’s Day.
Thank you .. South is the best!!!
This looks so good. I would have made it today, but didn’t have buttermilk. I know I could substitute, but want to try it the first time just as written. I love butterscotch!! Thanks for posting this recipe.
This does definitely look yummy.. Thank you…