Butter Pecan Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

• 1 cup unsalted butter (226g)
• 3 cups cake flour (333g)
• 1 cup granulated sugar (200g)
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed (200g)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk, room temperature preferred (354ml)
• 2 large eggs, room temperature preferred
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups pecan halves, very finely chopped (see note) (160g)

Icing:

• 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened (340g)
• 6 oz cream cheese, softened
• ⅓ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed (66g)
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 4 ½ cups powdered sugar (562g)
• 1 Tablespoon heavy cream
• ⅓ cup pecan halves, very finely chopped, optional (35g)