Apple Spice Cake

Name: Apple Spice Cake
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1.333 cups vegetable oil; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups sugar; 3 large eggs; 3 to 4 Granny Smith apples, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (3 cups); 1 cup chopped assorted nuts, such as pecans and walnuts (optional); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; Caramel Sauce; Nonstick cooking spray with flour

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Martha Stewart

Updated on January 16, 2019

Servings:

10

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Ingredients

1 ⅓ cups vegetable oil
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
3 to 4 Granny Smith apples, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (3 cups)
1 cup chopped assorted nuts, such as pecans and walnuts (optional)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Caramel Sauce
Nonstick cooking spray with flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; set aside.
Working over a large sheet of parchment paper, sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; gather sifted ingredients into center of sheet; set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine vegetable oil, sugar, and eggs; mix on high speed until lemon yellow.
Fold reserved parchment in half lengthwise; with mixer on medium speed, gradually shake in dry ingredients until just incorporated.
Add apples and, if desired, nuts, to batter; mix to combine. Add vanilla, mixing until incorporated.
Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 75 to 90 minutes.
Remove from oven, and cool slightly on a wire rack.
Invert cake onto rack; turn cake right-side up to cool completely on rack, and serve drizzled with caramel sauce.

Originally appeared: The Martha Stewart Show, May 2006, The Martha Stewart Show, May 2006

Apple Spice Cake

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