All-In-One Holiday Bundt Cake

From Woman's Day, 1/3/07

• Ready In: 1 hr 45 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Cake

• 2  cups flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2  teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  grated fresh nutmeg or 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon ground ginger or 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  grated fresh ginger
• 1  pinch salt
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, plus
• 2  tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  packed light-brown sugar
• 2  eggs, at room temperature
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄4 cups  canned 100% pumpkin puree
• 1  large apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
• 1  cup fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped
• 1  cup pecans, coarsely chopped

• Maple Syrup Icing

• 1⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar, plus
• 2  tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons maple syrup

• Garnish

•  coarsely chopped pecans

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F Butter a 9 or 10 inch (12-cup) bundt pan.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground (but not grated, see next step) ginger and salt in a bowl to blend.
3. Beat the butter and sugars in a large bowl with mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Beat in vanilla.
6. On low speed beat in pumpkin, apple and grated ginger, if using (mixture will look curdled).
7. Add flour mixture; beat just until blended.
8. With a rubber spatula, stir in cranberries and pecans.
9. Scrape into prepared pan; smooth top.
10. Bake 60 to 70 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached.
11. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes before inverting on rack, turning right side up and cooling completely. (Cake will be about 2 inches high.).
12. Icing: Stir confectioners’ sugar and maple syrup in a small bowl until icing runs off tip of the spoon, adding more syrup a little at a time if needed.
13. Put cake on wax paper; drizzle with icing from tip of spoon.
14. Sprinkle with pecans; let icing set.