Buttermilk Spice Skillet Cake with Praline Topping

IT Guy loves anything praline-y. I love to use my cast iron skillet. So a praline cake was born. Talk about easy! Holy cow...I could do this blindfolded! With one hand tied behind my back! Okay...not really...but it IS an easy cake. And delicious to boot!

Buttermilk Spice Skillet Cake 
with Praline Topping



2 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter ~ melted
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 400. Grease a 10" cast iron skillet.

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt.

In another bowl combine the eggs, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla.

Combine the dry into the wet and stir until just combined.

Pour into the prepared cast iron skillet.

Bake for 20-30 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean.


Praline Topping

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup heavy cream
good pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Combine the brown sugar, butter, cream and salt in a medium saucepan. 

Bring to a soft boil and let let boil for 3 minutes...stirring occasionally.

After 3 minutes, remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and nuts. 

Allow to set for about 20 minutes to thicken up a bit.  Once the cake is out of the oven and while it is still warm pour the praline over the whole thing!

The ingredients.

Grease and flour your skillet.

Mix the dry ingredients.

Then the wet. Does anyone else 

see a freaky face here?

Pour the wet into the dry.

The pour into the prepared skillet.

Bake it up!

For the praline topping, combine 

the butter, brown sugar, cream and salt.

Bring to a boil and cook about 

3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the nuts and vanilla.

Give it a stir.

Then pour over the baked cake!

So good!