Thursday, October 25, 2018

Apple Cake (with Eggs)

Recipe from here.

[My Comments]:
  • Was a bit too sweet. Could reduce the sugar. 
  • Did not do the glaze. 
  • Arranged cinnamon+ sugar dusted apple slices on top for decor, was a good idea. 
  • Used 3 red apples for filling and 1 apple for decor on top. Felt like could do with more apple inside the cake. 
  • Did not use bundt pan, used a springform pan. 

Ingredients

Baking spray with flour, or shortening and flour to grease the pan
For the Cake

    3 cups all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    2 teaspoons cinnamon
    ½ teaspoon nutmeg
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1 ½ cups vegetable oil
    1 ½ cups granulated sugar
    ½ cup brown sugar
    3 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    3 large apples, peeled and cut into large pieced (Note: The original recipe calls for tart green apples, but we used some red Cortland apples we had on hand and it was delicious!)
    1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

For the Glaze

    3 tablespoons butter
    3 tablespoons brown sugar
    3 tablespoons granulated sugar
    3 tablespoons heavy cream
    ¼ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  •     Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.
  •     In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Sift two additional times and set aside.
  •     In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine oil and both sugars, and mix until well blended.
  •     Add eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Add vanilla and mix again.
  •     Add the sifted dry ingredients to the batter and mix thoroughly. By hand, fold in apples and walnuts and mix until evenly combined.

  •     Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  •     Remove cake from the oven and allow to cool in the bundt pan for 20 minutes.
  •     While the cake is cooling, prepare the glaze. In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine all of the glaze ingredients. Bring to a boil and allow the mixture to boil for 1 minute.
  •     Remove the cake from the pan, onto a serving plate. Spoon the glaze over the warm cake.
  •     Cool for a little longer before serving.