Apple Pie Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 1 (18 ounce) spice cake mix
• 1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 3 medium eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 350°f and grease a 10" springform cake pan and set aside.
• 2 in a separate small pan, melt butter; then stir in brown sugar and nuts.
• 3 pour pecan mixture into bottom of cake pan. this will be the top of the cake.
• 4 by hand, mix cake mix, pie filling, sour cream, eggs, and oil until well-blended.
• 5 carefully pour over nut mixture and spread evenly.
• 6 bake 45 minutes to one hour. oven temps vary so check cake after 45 minutes.
• 7 remove from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack.
• 8 release spring and remove sides and bottom of pan.
• 9 if some pecan topping sticks to the pan, replace it on the cake.
• 10 garnish with whole pecan halves.