Jim's Apple Raisin Pound Cake with Praline Glaze Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan. In a bowl whisk together the flour baking soda allspice and 1 teaspoon of salt.

In a large bowl mix the vegetable oil 2 cups of sugar eggs apples 1 cup of pecans and raisins. Mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with moist crumbs about 70 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.

For glaze mix 1/2 cup of white sugar the brown sugar half and half and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil reduce heat to medium-low and boil stirring constantly until the mixture thickens to a syrup 5 to 10 minutes. A candy thermometer will read 220 degrees F (105 degrees C). At that point stir in butter 1 cup of pecans and vanilla extract. Continue to cook and stir until the syrup reaches 234 degrees F (110 degrees C). Allow the glaze to cool for 5 minutes then spread the warm glaze over the cake.