Apple Pecan Cake With Cinnamon Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice, strained
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind
• 3 cups plain flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 cups granny smith apples, peeled, cored and grated
• 2 1/4 cups pecans, chopped
• 4 1/2 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sweet butter
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup pecans, chopped
• 40 whole pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a tube pan.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until frothy.
• 4 beat in sugar, salt, vanilla, and vegetable oil, lemon juice and lemon rind. beat until well blended and set aside.
• 5 in a separate bowl, measure out 3 cups of flour. add bakingsoda, cinnamon and nutmeg and sift ingredients together.
• 6 gradually beat the dry ingredients into sugar-egg mixture until well blended. stir in the grated apples and chopped nuts.
• 7 pour cake batter in pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until done.
• 8 cool in pan for a few minutes then invert onto plate allow to cool completly.
• 9 in a large bowl, combine all frosting ingredients except pecans. beat until fluffy. spread onto cool cake.
• 10 sprinkle top with chopped pecans. garnish base with whole pecans.