Fall Harvest Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 apple, cored, peeled, and chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 to make frosting: blend vanilla, butter, and cream cheese together; incorporate enough powdered sugar until desired spreading consistency is reached.
• 2 to make cake: in a large bowl, mix the first 10 ingredients together; add flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
• 3 blend in pumpkin; fold in apple and pecans.
• 4 transfer batter to a greased and floured bundt pan.
• 5 bake in a 350° oven for 70 minutes.
• 6 cool 20 minutes in the pan; remove and complete cooling on wire rack.
• 7 frost when cool.