Apple Spice Bundt Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
    1/3 cup shortening
    3/4 cup sugar
    2/3 cup packed brown sugar
    1 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
    2 eggs
    1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
    2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon ground allspice
    1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1 cup unsweetened applesauce
    3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
    2/3 cup finely chopped peeled tart apple
    Brown Sugar Glaze
    3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
    3 tablespoons brown sugar
    3 tablespoons whipping cream
    3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted
Preparation
    In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugars and lemon peel until fluffy.
    Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
    Beat in vanilla.
    Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce.
    Stir in the pecans and apple.
    Pour into a greased and floured 9- or 10-in. bundt pan.
    Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
    Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
    For glaze, in a heavy saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over low heat.
    Stir in cream.
    Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil; boil for 1 minute.
    Remove from heat; whisk in sugar and vanilla until smooth, about 1 minute.
    Pour over cake, immediately sprinkle with pecans.

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