Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Icing

==Ingredients==
;For the Cake: 
* 3 cups all-purpose flour 
* 1 teaspoon baking soda 
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1-1/2 cups canola oil 
* 3 eggs 
* 2-1/4 cups sugar 
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
* 2 cups chopped pecans 
* 3 cups finely chopped apples (peeled)
;For the Brown Sugar Icing: 
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 
* 1/4 cup milk
==Directions==
#Preheat oven to 350F. 
#Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. (Do not mistake a 10-inch tube pan for a Bundt pan; this recipe will overflow a Bundt pan.)
#Combine flour, baking soda and salt. 
#Stir well, and set aside.
#Combine oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla. 
#Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes. 
#Add dry ingredients at low speed. Batter will be thick. 
#Add pecans and apples at low speed.
#Pour batter into prepared tube pan, and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean when inserted in center of cake. 
#While cake is baking, make the icing by combining butter, brown sugar and milk in a heavy saucepan
#Over medium-high heat, bright mixture to a full boil
#Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes
#Let cool
#Remove cake from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate and remove pan. 
#Drizzle Brown Sugar Icing over warm cake.
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== Contributed by: ==
* Catsrecipes Y-Group
Category:Cathy's Recipes
Category:Cake Recipes
Category:Apple Desserts
Category:Apple Recipes
Category:Pecan Recipes