Apple Pecan Cake With Cinnamon Frosting

Name: Apple Pecan Cake With Cinnamon Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 1 cake, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 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; 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; 3/4 cup pecans, chopped; 40 whole pecans

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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
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
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.