Apple Walnut Cake With Apple Cider Glaze
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, sifte, d
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground mace
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup whole-wheat flour, sifted
4 cup shelled walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 1/4 cup coarse chunks of peeled and cored a, pples
3 tbsp applejack
1 apple cider glaze (see recipe)
APPLE CIDER GLAZE
4 tbsp sweet butter
2 tbsp brown sugar
6 tbsp granulated sugar
3 tbsp applejack or apple brandy
4 tbsp sweet cider
2 tbsp fresh orange juice
2 tbsp heavy cream
1 preheat oven to 325f.
Preparation
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 1 1/2 cups glaze.
From the San Francisco Chronicle, 11/16/88.
Posted by Stephen Ceideburg
Servings: 1
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