Apple Spice Bundt Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 2/3 cup finely chopped peeled tart apple
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons whipping cream
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugars and lemon peel until fluffy.
• 2 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 beat in vanilla.
• 4 combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce.
• 5 stir in the pecans and apple.
• 6 pour into a greased and floured 9- or 10-in. bundt pan.
• 7 bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 8 cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 9 for glaze, in a heavy saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over low heat.
• 10 stir in cream.
• 11 cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil; boil for 1 minute.
• 12 remove from heat; whisk in sugar and vanilla until smooth, about 1 minute.
• 13 pour over cake, immediately sprinkle with pecans.