Mincemeat Apple Cake - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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