Apple Cider Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup unsweetened apple cider or 1 cup apple juice
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups packed dried apple rings, chopped
• 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened apple cider or 3 tablespoons apple juice
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°; spray 10-inch tube pan with baking spray with flour.
• 2 in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt.
• 3 add eggs, butter, apple cider, shortening, and vanilla to flour mixture.
• 4 using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat for 1 minute, until blended.
• 5 scrape sides and bottom of bowl with a spatula; beat on high for 2 minutes.
• 6 gently stir in dried apples.
• 7 spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
• 8 bake for 80-90 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• 9 let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert cake onto rack to cool completely.
• 10 when cake is cooled, make icing-in a small bowl, whisk together the icing ingredients until blended and smooth; use immediately.
• 11 drizzle icing over top of cooled cake.