pecan praline apple buttermilk cake

Ingredients For pecan praline apple buttermilk cake

• 2 1/2 c

  flour
• 1 1/4 tsp

  baking soda
• 1/4 tsp

  salt
• 1 tsp

  cinnamon
• 1 1/2 stick

  challenge butter(soft)
• 1 c

  brown sugar firmly packed
• 1 c

  white dugar
• 5

  eggs, separated( yolks from whites)
• 1/3 c

  canola oil
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 1 c

  buttermilk
• 5

  apples peeled cored and chopped
• 1 pinch

  orange zest
• 1 c

  chopped pecans
• PECAN PRALINE ICING
• 1/1/4 c

  brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3/4 c

  water
• 1 pt

  heavy cream
• 1/2 stick

  challenge butter
• 1 c

  pecans