Apricot Brandy Cake

Submitted by Elaine

"Great Holiday cake! Moist, delicious and easy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• CAKE

• 1 (18 ounce) box Betty Crocker yellow cake mix or (18 ounce) box white cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 1⁄2 cup oil or 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup apricot brandy
• 4 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup broken pecans

• GLAZE

• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup oil or 1/4 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup apricot brandy

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put cake mix and pudding mix in bowl.
3. Add oil/butter, water, apricot brand and eggs and beat until smooth.
4. Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.
5. Sprinkle nuts in the bottom of the pan.
6. Pour batter in on top of nuts.
7. Bake for 1 hour.
8. For glaze, in a sauce pan, combine melted butter/oil, sugar, water and brandy. Boil for 3 minutes.
9. After removing cake from oven pour hot glaze over hot cake and allow to set for 30 minutes, then invert onto a plate.