Ring Of Gold Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter (softened to room temp.)
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1/2 cup apricot jam
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups shredded coconut
• 1 cup pecans (finely chopped)
• 1 cup dried apricot (finely chopped)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a bundt pan.
• 3 cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until fluffy.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, while continuing to beat.
• 5 add jam, sour cream, and vanilla.
• 6 next add flour, soda, and salt; beating all in well.
• 7 fold in coconut, pecans, and dried apricots by hand.
• 8 pour into the prepared bundt pan.
• 9 bake for 55-60 minutes.
• 10 cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to cool completely.
• 11 * if desired you can glaze this cake, with a glaze made by melting together 1/2 cup apricot jam with 3 tablespoons orange juice.