Categories: Apples, Cake, Dessert

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/3 cups vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
• Brown Sugar Glaze:
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
• 2 tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Position oven rack in middle position; preheat oven to 350°; grease a 16 cup tube pan.

2. Whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.

3. In a big bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla together using an electric mixer on medium speed until thick and glossy, about 2 minutes.

4. Decrease mixer speed to low and slowly beat in the flour mixture, in 3 additions, until just incorporated.

5. Stir in apples and nuts.

6. Scrape batter into prepared pan; smooth the top.

7. Wipe any drops of batter off the sides of the pan and gently tap the pan on the counter to settle the batter.

8. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a wooden pick comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, rotating the pan halfway through baking.

9. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes; run a small knife around the edge of the cake to loosen, then flip it out onto a wire rack.

10. Turn the cake rightside up and let it cool completely, about 2 hours.

11. The glaze: boil all of the glaze ingredients together in a small saucepan over med-high heat until thick and syrupy, about 1-2 minutes.

12. Drizzle the thick glaze over the top and sides of the cake, let the glaze set, about 25 minutes before serving.

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