Texas Pecan Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter (if using margarine, not spread or tub product) or 2 cups margarine, softened (if using margarine, not spread or tub product)
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 (2 ounce) bottle lemon extract
• 4 cups pecans, chopped
• 2 1/2 cups golden raisins

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan.
• 3 cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 sift 3 1/2 cups flour and baking powder together, reserving 1/2 cup flour.
• 6 gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with lemon extract, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 7 beat well after each addition (the batter will be quite thick).
• 8 dredge pecans and raisins in remaining 1/2 cup flour; stir into batter.
• 9 spoon batter into prepared pan.
• 10 bake for 1 3/4 hours or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
• 11 cool in pan 15 minutes.
• 12 turn out onto cooling rack and let cool completely before serving.