Carolina Chew Cake / Chewy Cakes

Submitted by littleturtle

"Wonderful. I believe this was originally from Southern Living."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 118.29 ml butter, softened
• 453.59 g brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 473.18 ml self-rising flour
• 4.92 ml vanilla
• 236.59 ml pecans, chopped
• powdered sugar, to dust

directions

1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
3. Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg.
5. Add flour; mix well.
6. Stir in vanilla and pecans by hand.
7. Pour into prepared pan (batter will be stiff).
8. Bake for 45 minutes.
9. Let cool; then dust with powdered sugar.
10. Cut and serve.

Reviews

[Pixies Kitchen]

This is so yummy and so easy. I did not dust with powdered sugar. It taste just like the chew cake that my husbands grandmother makes. Thanks for posting such a yummy easy recipe.

 

[Kim S.]

My friend gave me this recipe--she calls it "Carolina Chews" cut into little 1 1/2" squares. Everyone who tastes these just can't believe how good they are from my daughter's 24 year old boyfriend to my Sunday School class at church. My recipe has 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 1/2 Tbl. baking powder in place of the self rising flour. I'm pretty sure it is the same thing. Thank you for posting!!