INGREDIENTS
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2 tablespoons butter to grease the bundt pan
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2 ½ cups flour
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¼ teaspoon ground mace
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1 teaspoon ground anise seed (easily ground in mortar with pestle)
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½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
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1 teaspoon roasted cinnamon (we used roasted Saigon cinnamon)
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½ teaspoon ground ginger
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Pinch of ground clove
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6 eggs separated
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⅔ cup granulated sugar
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Zest from one navel orange
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1 ¼ cups extra virgin olive oil
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1 ¼ cups (honey and agave mixed or all of one or the other)
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¼ cup spiced Rum (We used Captain Morgan)
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⅛ teaspoon salt
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6 ounces pecan halves
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1 tablespoon butter
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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½ teaspoon cinnamon
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¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
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¼ teaspoon ground ginger
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⅛ cup granulated sugar
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4 ounce cream cheese softened
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2 cups powdered sugar
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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2 tablespoons heavy cream