Pecan Cake With Praline Glaze

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 cup pecan halves

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine raisins and bourbon; stir well; cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, cream the butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 in another mixing bowl, combine flour, and next 3 ingredeints; add dry mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 5 mix well after each addition; fold in pecans and raisin mixture.
• 6 pour batter into a greased/floured 10-inch tube pan.
• 7 bake in a 325° oven for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pan 10 minutes; remove to a wire rack.
• 9 to make glaze: combine first 4 glaze ingredients to a saucepan.
• 10 cook over low heat, stirring constantly until mixture reaches soft ball stage (234°).
• 11 remove from heat and stir in pecans; immediately drizzle over cake.