Apple Walnut Cake With Apple Cider Glaze

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups	355ml	Vegetable oil
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Granulated sugar
3		Eggs
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Unbleached all-purpose - flour, sifted
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Ground cloves
1 1/4 teaspoons	6.3ml	Ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground mace
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Whole-wheat flour - sifted
4 cups	948ml	Shelled walnuts - coarsely
1 1/4 cups	296ml	Coarse chunks of peeled and - cored apples
3 tablespoons	45ml	Applejack
		Apple cider glaze - (see, recipe)
		Apple Cider Glaze
4 tablespoons	60ml	Sweet butter
2 tablespoons	30ml	Brown sugar
6 tablespoons	90ml	Granulated sugar
3 tablespoons	45ml	Applejack or apple brandy
4 tablespoons	60ml	Sweet cider
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons	30ml	Heavy cream

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 325F.  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.

Source:
Let Them Eat Cake by Virginia N. White

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