Ring Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. yeast
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 2 tbsp. flour
• ¼ cup milk, warm
• 4 ½ cups flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 cup milk, warm mixed with 1 tsp. vanilla and 2 egg yolks, beaten
• ½ cup butter, melted
• 1 tsp. lemon rind, grated
• 1/2 cup golden raisins
• 1 cup pecans
• 2/3 cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tbsp. cinnamon
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 large egg whites, room temperature
• ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ tsp. water