Mincemeat Apple Cake

Submitted by Chef MB

"This sounds divine, and I can't wait to try it this fall. I'll use the green tomato mincemeat that I canned last summer--yum!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups apples, grated
• 1 cup mincemeat
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• frosting

• 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 10-inch bundt pan.
3. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
4. In large bowl with electric mixer, beat oil and brown sugar until blended.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Add half the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
7. Stir in apple, mincemeat, pecans, and vanilla.
8. Add remaining dry ingredients; beat until well combined.
9. Spread batter in prepared pan and bake 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
10. Cool cake in pan 15 minutes. Turn cake out onto wire rack and cool completely.

11. For frosting:

12. Combine all ingredients until mixture is creamy. Frost cooled cake.
13. Note: One year when I made this cake, I had a jar of hard sauce - I simply softened it and added it to the frosting as well for an extra kick (the hard sauce was flavored with rum and brandy).