PECAN CAKE WITH PRALINE GLAZE

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Make and share this Pecan Cake With Praline Glaze recipe from Food.com.

Provided by ratherbeswimmin

Categories Dessert

Time 2h15m

Yield 1 ten-inch cake

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

1 cup raisins
1/2 cup Bourbon
1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup pecan halves

Steps:

In a bowl, combine raisins and bourbon; stir well; cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
In a mixing bowl, cream the butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In another mixing bowl, combine flour, and next 3 ingredeints; add dry mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Mix well after each addition; fold in pecans and raisin mixture.
Pour batter into a greased/floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake in a 325° oven for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove to a wire rack.
To make glaze: combine first 4 glaze ingredients to a saucepan.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until mixture reaches soft ball stage (234°).
Remove from heat and stir in pecans; immediately drizzle over cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 9356.9, Fat 477.5, SaturatedFat 186.7, Cholesterol 1758.9, Sodium 3325.2, Carbohydrate 1137.1, Fiber 42.7, Sugar 767.7, Protein 114.3