Instructions:

Apple Cider Pound Cake

This is a large cake which can be divided into 3 loaf pans for gift giving.

3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups granulated sugar
6 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup apple cider

Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and spices; set aside. Cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla extract. Add dry ingredients alternately with cider to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours. Cool 15 minutes. Remove from pan and finish cooling on wire rack.

Caramel Glaze
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Bring ingredients to rolling boil. Boil 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour over slightly warm cake, allowing glaze to drip down sides of cake.