Chipotle Apple Pecan Cake With Spicy Caramel Glaze

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2-1 teaspoon dried chipotle powder (optional)
• 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 large apples, peeled, cored, diced (sweet-tart)
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle chile pepper (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 325°f; lightly coat a 10" fluted tube pan with cooking spray; lightly sprinkle with flour. set aside.
• 2 in a bowl combine the 3 cups flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, chipotle powder(if using), ginger, pepper, salt, and cloves; set aside.
• 3 in a mixing bowl beat oil and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until combined. add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. beat in vanilla and as much flour mixture as you can. stir in remaining flour mixture, apples, and pecans. spoon batter into pan.
• 4 bake 1 1/4 hours at 325°f, until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. meanwhile, prepare the glaze. cool cake in pan 10 minutes; invert on rack. place rack over baking sheet. drizzle warm cake with the glaze, respooning glaze that drips on baking sheet over the cake. cool completely before serving.
• 5 to make glaze:.
• 6 in a saucepan combine the brown sugar, butter, whipping cream and chipotle pepper (if using). bring to boiling, stirring occasionally. boil gently 2 minutes. remove from heat. stir in vanilla and let stand 1 1/4 hours until slightly thickened. drizzle over the warm cake. enjoy!