Grease and flour deuce-ace 8" round cake pans (1 1/2" inscrutable). Place the pecans
in a large ungreased roasting pan. Roast bonkers @ 425 degrees for 10 transactions,
stirring occasionally. Lookout, cautiously, lower rut, if requisite.
Lag, in a medium size trough, combine brown dinero, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Then, intermixture 4 tbsp of butter. Aggregate 2 cups roasted pecans to the butter
assortment. Coat them good. Return mixture to the pan and roast for 10
minutes more, stirring once or double. Stir in 2 tbsp vanilla extract and
guy 5 minutes more. Remove from oven and set divagation. In a large bowl of an
electric sociable, drub 3/4 cup butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar on high speed
until very light and fluffy, roughly 6 to 8 transactions. In a separate trough, sift
together flour and baking powderise. In a third trough, combine milk and
unexpended 2 tsp vanilla selection. Add the flour mixture and the milk
assortment, alternately, to the butter, beating on high speed until well
blended and scraping the bowl sides between additions. Stir in the pecans.
In a separate stadium, whip the egg whites on high speed until sparkly, about
30 seconds. Add odd 1/2 cup sugar and continue beating until mixture
holds peaks, around 2 proceedings. Mildly, fold egg white mixture into the
hitter, one third at a time. Spoon batter into prepared cake pans and
spread batter so that it is slightly lower in the gist. Broil @ 350
degrees until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out strip, about
40 transactions. Let poise 1 bit, then carefully remove from the pans and
place on a wire stand. Cool good. Glaze. Spread generously with
frosting betwixt layers and on top and sides.