Delicious tomatillo-spiked enchiladas verdes cooked from scratch. This dish, which is the best I’ve ever tried, was given to me by a fantastic cook from Puebla. After spending more than 15 years refining it, I decided it was time to share it after watching my culinary friends try to sip the sauce straight from the pot. With the cotija cheese and Mexican crema, use caution.
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 10-inch Bundt(R) cake |
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package butter pecan cake mix, dry
- 1 (16 ounce) container coconut pecan frosting
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9 or 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine the cake mix with the frosting, eggs, oil, water and 1/2 of the pecan pieces. Mix until combined.
- Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 of pecans in the prepared Bundt pan then pour in the cake batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 394 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 41 g |
| Cholesterol | 47 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 251 mg |
| Sugars | 28 g |
| Fat | 25 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I put Eagle brand milk and butter over the top after baking.
Amazing recipe! So simple and everyone I served it to loved it!
I have made this too many times to count! It is fabulous!!! And it is the easiest cake you can make!! Everyone that has tasted it loves it!!!
So delicious!! Made the recipe to the t, it came out perfect! Will most definitely make this again and again. Thank you so much for this recipe. Will incorporate this into my Thanksgiving meal.
I can’t wait to make this recipe for one of my organization meeting. I know they will love it.
Cake mix boxes are no longer 18.25 oz but 15.25 oz. I deliberated on wheather I should add more cake flour to the mix but I decided against it. I had no trouble getting the cake out of my cake pan. It is light, moist and tasty. Can’t wait to try different flavors of cake mixes and frostings. Thanks for the recipe!
Wow. Delicious, moist and oh so easy. I followed the recipe to a “T”. Everyone wanted the recipe so I shared. Now a family favorite.
Very delicious recipe! I did follow advice of several other reviews and reduced pecan frosting to only 1/2 container, still sweet enough. Second tip was let cake cool for several hours in pan before removing to cake plate, great advice! I found the cake a little heavy and next time will reduce oil to ONLY 1/2 C. I used bunt pan, and whipped homemade frosting to create Mardi Gras theme with green, purple and yellow sugar. We all enjoyed it, yummy! Am going to try dark chocolate cake mix as well.
Made it just like the recipe said and baked it 50 min. Moist, tender and over all tasty. Topped with a home made praline pecan frosting.
Super easy and delicious! The most difficult part of making this was actually finding the butter pecan cake mix! I made it exactly as written in a 9×13 pan and topped with cream cheese frosting. So good!!
Yes I like to bake from scratch but this is the best shortcut for an awesome cake! Try it and you will not regret it!
Best ever cake but very sweet. My family loved this. I think I will try less frosting in the mix next time.
Even though my cake fell completely apart and had to be served by spoon—my Ladies’ group loved it!!
I make it according to the recipe!! Perfect cake for Breakfast with company.
I added a teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of vanilla bean paste to the batter. Was awesome.
I have been making this for years! It works well no matter what combination and of mix and frosting you use. My family loves French vanilla mix with the German choc coconut pecan frosting! In the summer the fruit flavors are refreshing!
I used milk (actually half and half since I had some on hand) instead of water and left out the pecans in the recipe and in the pan, I greased the heck out of the bundt pan and left it in there overnight and had no trouble removing it. Only lost a quarter sized spot on the side but covered that up with the caramel drizzle I had squibbled on the cake.
I used milk (actually half and half since I had some on hand) instead of water and left out the pecans in the recipe and in the pan, I greased the heck out of the bundt pan and left it in there overnight and had no trouble removing it. Only lost a quarter sized spot on the side but covered that up with the caramel drizzle I had squibbled on the cake.
Great cake, especially being from a boxed mix. I made it exactly as the recipe stated…if it says 18.25 oz cake mix that’s what you need to use, I bought two mixes (15.25 oz each) and used one whole and added 3 to 4 ounces of the other. Perfect!
I hit a button on my first review and wasn’t finished. But this cake gets a big thumbs up!!
I made this for Thanksgiving desert and everyone LOVED IT! It was much sweeter than regular cake, so next time I make it, I may have to add a little bit of Southern Comfort (bourbon) into the mix, to sharpen the taste a little bit. I also substituted the water for half&half, and the oil for butter (like I do with ALL my baking ALWAYS). I greased my bundt pan with “Wiltons cake release” (you can buy it in Wal-Mart), and I didnt need to wait for the cake to cool in order to take it out of the pan. I put it in at 350* for 45min and it came right out. I had to save time because I made 2 of these cakes. Before I flip my cakes, I always aggitate edges of the pan, so the cake kind of “hops” free first. You have to hold the sides of the pan, and kind of pop it up and down until you can see the cake bounce free in the pan. Go all the way around the pan so you see all parts of the cake have popped free, then when you flip it, it’ll come right out. I made a glaze to go with it. I bought a little tub of regular Betty Crocker Butter Cream icing. Sofened it in the microwave, and added caramels (about 10 caramels to 1 tub) and some half&half (about an eighth of a cup, to thin it out). Drizzled on the cake and sprinkled some crushed pecans on top.