Apple Cider Pound Cake

This pound cake just screams New England in the fall! The fresh apples off the tree that were pressed into apple cider! This is my favorite time of year. Not just for the apple picking, but for all the fall colors the New England area has to offer, not to mention football and tailgating! This recipe was sampled by a number of taste testers and all of them were in agreement that this is delicious! I will definitely be making this every fall. We really enjoyed it and I hope you do too!

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups butter
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoons apple pie spice
1 cup apple cider
1 teaspoon vanilla

GLAZE
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon of apple cider (more or less depending on how thick you want your glaze)

DIRECTIONS
Cream butter and gradually add sugar while beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
Combine the next four ingredients and add to the mixture alternating with the apple cider, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake 325 for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.  Cool in pan 10-15 minutes. Combine glaze ingredients and when cake is cool, drizzle over cake.

Enjoy,