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Frangelico Pecan Apple Cake

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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 9 servings

Equipment

  • 1 8 inch cake pan
  • 1 Electric mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 Honeycrisp apple, cored and chopped into small pieces
  • 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon flour
  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 4 tablespoons Frangelico
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Beat sugar and 1/4 cup softened butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy about 3 minutes.
  • Add egg, beating well. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Add flour mixture and milk alternately to sugar mixture beginning and ending with flour mixture. Do not overmix. Stir in vanilla and chopped apples.
  • Grease and flour an 8 inch cake pan.
  • Pour cake batter into cake pan, spreading it evenly in the pan with a rubber spatula. Bake in preheated 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven.
  • For Frangelico Pecan Glaze: Place brown sugar, butter, milk, flour, pecans, Frangelico and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir to combine all ingredients.
  • Spread glaze over warm cake.