Apple Pecan Cake With Cinnamon Frosting
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
-
CAKE
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, strained
- 1 tablespoon lemon rind
- 3 cups plain flour
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 cups granny smith apples, peeled, cored and grated
- 2 1⁄4 cups pecans, chopped
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FROSTING
- 4 1⁄2 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3⁄4 cup sweet butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
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GARNISH
- 3⁄4 cup pecans, chopped
- 40 whole pecans
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour a tube pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until frothy.
- Beat in sugar, salt, vanilla, and vegetable oil, lemon juice and lemon rind. Beat until well blended and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, measure out 3 cups of flour. Add bakingsoda, cinnamon and nutmeg and sift ingredients together.
- Gradually beat the dry ingredients into sugar-egg mixture until well blended. Stir in the grated apples and chopped nuts.
- Pour cake batter in pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until done.
- Cool in pan for a few minutes then invert onto plate allow to cool completly.
- In a large bowl, combine all frosting ingredients except pecans. Beat until fluffy. Spread onto cool cake.
- Sprinkle top with chopped pecans. Garnish base with whole pecans.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Elaine
Uniontown, Ohio