Apple walnut cake with apple cider glaze

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Vegetable oil
2 cups Granulated sugar
3 Eggs
2 cups Unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
⅛ teaspoon Ground cloves
1¼ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Ground mace
1 teaspoon Baking soda
4 tablespoons Sweet butter
2 tablespoons Brown sugar
6 tablespoons Granulated sugar
3 tablespoons Applejack or apple brandy
½ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Whole-wheat flour, sifted
4 cups Shelled walnuts, coarsely chopped
1¼ cup Coarse chunks of peeled and cored apples
3 tablespoons Applejack
Apple Cider Glaze (see recipe)
4 tablespoons Sweet cider
2 tablespoons Fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons Heavy cream
Preheat oven to 325F.

Directions

APPLE CIDER GLAZE

In a large bowl, beat vegetable oil and sugar until thick and opaque.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together flour, cloves, cinnamon, mace, baking soda and salt, then stir in whole-wheat flour. Add to oil and egg mixture and mix until well blended. Add walnuts, apple chunks and applejack all at once and stir batter until pieces are evenly distributed.

Pour batter into a greased 10-inch round cake pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

APPLE CIDER GLAZE:

Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in both sugars. Add remaining ingredients, stir, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat slightly and cook for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

Pour while still warm over warm cake.

Makes 1½ cups glaze.

From the San Francisco Chronicle, 11/16/88.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

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