jim's apple raisin pound cake with praline glaze

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups apples - peeled, cored and shredded
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 50 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 10-inch bundt pan. in a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, allspice, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
• in a large bowl, mix the vegetable oil, 2 cups of sugar, eggs, apples, 1 cup of pecans, and raisins. mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, and pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with moist crumbs, about 70 minutes. let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out a rack to finish cooling.
• for glaze, mix 1/2 cup of white sugar, the brown sugar, half and half, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a saucepan. bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and boil, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens to a syrup, 5 to 10 minutes. a candy thermometer will read 220 degrees f (105 degrees c). at that point, stir in butter, 1 cup of pecans, and vanilla extract. continue to cook and stir until the syrup reaches 234 degrees f (110 degrees c). allow the glaze to cool for 5 minutes, then spread the warm glaze over the cake.