Apricot Pecan Cake
From peetabear 15 years agoIngredients
- 1 pound dried apricot halves ( 2 & 1/2 cups) cut into 1/2-inch pieces shopping list
- 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans shopping list
- 2/3 cups pecan halves shopping list
- 2 cups flour plus 1 TBSP. flour shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups sugar shopping list
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks) softened 5 large eggs shopping list
- 1/2 cup brandy...(could try peach or apricot as a change) shopping list
- 1 TBSP. vanilla shopping list
- 2 teasp. baking powder shopping list
- 1 teasp. salt shopping list
- 1/3 cups apricot preserves, melted and strained shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 325" F
- grease 9-inch tube pan
- in medium bowl toss apricots and 2 cups chopped pecans with the 1 TBSP. flour....set aside
- in large mixing bowl..beat sugar and butter at low speed until blended
- increase speed to high ,beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes
- scrape down the sides of the bowl often
- with mixer at low speed....add eggs, brandy, vanilla, baking powder, salt and 2 cups flour.
- beat until well blended
- stir in apricot and nut mixture
- spoon batter into pan.
- arrange the pecan haves around the top in 2 concentric circles
- bake cake for 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes
- or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
- cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes
- with knife, loosen cake from pan....remove cake
- cool completely on wire rack
- when cold brush cake with the melted apricot preserves
- or wrap and refrigerate for up to a week....then brush the melted apricot preserves before serving
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Very nice recipe, Peeta! Know it is delicious! Love the combination of apricots and pecans.
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Peeta this sounds absolutely delicious, thanks, bookmarked!
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