Apricot-pecan Cream Cheese Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/2 cup chopped dried apricot
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 2 -4 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine apricots, juice and 1/4 c sugar in saucepan. heat to a boil, then simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until apricots have softened.
• 2 drain apricots well and reserve liquid.
• 3 mix together flour, baking powder, and pecans.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and sugar.
• 5 stir in apricots.
• 6 beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
• 7 fold in flour mixture, 1/3 at a time.
• 8 pour batter into greased and floured bundt pan.
• 9 bake at 325 for 65-70 minutes, or until tests done.
• 10 remove from oven and slowly pour reserved liquid over hot cake.
• 11 let rest in pan for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a wire rack.
• 12 make glaze by mixing juice and powdered sugar to desired consistency. slowly pour over warm cake.
• 13 let cake cool completely, then wrap tightly and refrigerate overnight.