Categories: Cake, Dessert, Fall

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 apple, cored, peeled, and chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• Frosting:
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions

1. To make frosting: blend vanilla, butter, and cream cheese together; incorporate enough powdered sugar until desired spreading consistency is reached.

2. To make cake: In a large bowl, mix the first 10 ingredients together; add flour, 1/2 cup at a time.

3. Blend in pumpkin; fold in apple and pecans.

4. Transfer batter to a greased and floured Bundt pan.

5. Bake in a 350° oven for 70 minutes.

6. Cool 20 minutes in the pan; remove and complete cooling on wire rack.

7. Frost when cool.

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