Warm Apple Spice Cake

Ingredients

1 cup cake flour
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp mace
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 1/2 cups apples, unpeeled
3/4 cup toasted pecans, chopped
1 cup raisins, plumped in bourbon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325. Butter and flour an 8" springform pan. In a mixing bowl, sift all dry ingredients together and set aside. Blend the oil and sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed for 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the oil mixture and combine thoroughly. Add the apples, pecans and raisins, and blend well with a spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until a knife inserted comes out dry. Drizzle some caramel sauce over slices of the cake, and serve with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.