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Warm Apple Cake

You can also top the cake with powdered sugar rather than serving it with caramel sauce and ice cream.

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozFlour
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlGround cinnamon
1 teaspoon 5mlBaking soda
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlFreshly-grated nutmeg
1 cup 198g / 7ozRoom temperature butter - plus more
1 cup 198g / 7ozSugar
2   Eggs - room temperature
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
3   Tart apples - peeled, cored,
  And finely chopped - (abt 3 cups)
3/4 cup 109g / 3.8ozChopped pecans or walnuts
  Vanilla ice cream - (optional)
  Caramel sauce - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy, 4 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing each well before adding another. Add vanilla; scrape down sides of bowl.

Mix in dry ingredients, apples and nuts on low speed. Increase speed to medium and mix 10 seconds more.

Transfer to greased 9-inch springform pan and set on baking sheet. Smooth cake top. Bake at 350 degrees until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Cool completely on rack. Use small sharp knife to separate cake from sides of springform; remove ring.

Serve warm (gently reheat in 300 degree oven for about 10 minutes). Cut into wedges; serve with a dollop of ice cream and warm caramel sauce.

This recipe yields 12 servings.

Each serving, cake only: 331 calories; 266 mg sodium; 77 mg cholesterol; 21 grams fat; 34 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams protein; 0.56 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 06-21-2000

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