Apple Walnut Cake Recipe
Apple Walnut Cake:f tart apples, zesty orange, toasted walnuts and cinnamon all baked up into a scrumptious cake.
Equipment
- 1 Tube Cake Pan 9"
- 1 Hand whisk
- Bowls, measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
For Apple Filling:
- ¼ Cup Light brown sugar packed
- 3 Large Tart Apples cored, peeled and cut into ⅓" cubes
- 1 ½ Cup Walnuts, toasted and chopped 1 ½ cups
For Cake Batter
- 1 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 4 Large Eggs Room temperature
- 2 Cups Granulated Sugar
- 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour (3 cups)
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
- 2 Tablespoon Orange Juice Freshly squeezed
- 1 Tablespoon Orange Zest
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
Instructions
For Apple Filling
- Peel, core and chop apples into ⅓" cubes
- Toss apple chunks with brown sugar and toasted walnuts
For the Cake Batter
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Prepare a 9" or 10" tube cake pan by spraying with non-stick baking spray.
- Combine dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder and ground cinnamon) in a bowl
- Place granulated sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla, orange zest and eggs in a separate bowl. Whisk until smooth.
- Add one-half of the dry ingredients to the oil/sugar/egg mixture and stir until smooth.
- Stir in the orange juice.
- Add the remaining dry ingredients to the bowl and stir until smooth.
- Pour ⅓ of the batter into the prepared tube cake pan, add the apple/walnut mixture, add the remaining cake batter.
- Bake for 60 - 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven and place on a cooling rack for 15 minutes. Invert cake pan onto the cooling rack and allow to cool completely. Carefully lift cake pan off of apple cake.
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Nutrition
Calories: 551kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 6gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 17gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 0.04mgSodium: 303mgPotassium: 173mgFiber: 3gSugar: 44gVitamin A: 43IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 91mgIron: 2mg
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