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Amazing Apple Cake

by on September 29, 2011 in Desserts September 29, 2011 Desserts
See post on Carolina HeartStrings’s site!
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My usual criteria for a cake is chocolate, super moist, chocolate, wonderful creamy frosting and did I say chocolate? The other day I had a whole bin of apples that were not getting eaten and I knew they were at the point that they really needed to be used or tossed. I don’t like to toss. So enter this cake. Apple cake. I put the word amazing in the title because this cake is truly that.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 3 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 2 cups White Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ¾ cups Canola Oil
  • 1 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
  • 3 whole Eggs, Beaten
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 3-½ cups Apples, Chopped
  • 1 cup Walnuts, Chopped
  • FOR THE GLAZE:
  • 1-¼ cup Brown Sugar, Packed
  • ⅓ cups Milk
  • ½ cups Butter

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch pan.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, cinnamon, sugar, salt and baking soda. Add oil, applesauce, eggs and vanilla. Mix well by hand. This batter will be very thick. Fold in the chopped apples and nuts (if you want nuts). Spread evenly in the pan.

Bake for 40 minutes. Then remove it from the oven and poke holes throughout the cake with a toothpick. Glaze while still hot. Let the glaze seep into the cake and cool slightly before slicing.

For the glaze:

In a saucepan combine the brown sugar, milk and butter over medium heat. Bring to a boil and stir constantly for two minutes. Pour over cake while still hot. Let the glaze seep into the cake.

Serving size is 12 nicely sized pieces!

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BradleyFarms on 9.30.2011

This is very nearly my Grandma’s Apply Cake, with slight differences in the amount of oil & sugar. The biggest difference is that instead of applesauce, she added 3/4 cup raisins. As children, we would wait with anticipation for my mom to make this in the fall. Mmmmmm….especially with a little whipped cream on top! Thanks for posting Carolina!

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tampabuckeye on 11.21.2011

This turned out fantastic! The brown sugar topping does make it. Keeps well, too, would be a great gift to take to someone. Everyone loves apple cake!

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girl kneads bread on 10.18.2011

OH MY MY MY MY!!! This was INCREDIBLE. And I am stingy with my mits, too. This cake is just divine, and so is the brown sugar topping. I am fully in love, and I am also a chocolate cake lover – never really use apples in baking ever. But this was truly amazing and a must try. THANK YOU, CarolinaHeartStrings.

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