Chunky Apple Walnut Cake

Name: Chunky Apple Walnut Cake
Yield: One 10-inch cake, 10 to 12 portions
Ingredients: 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted; ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves; 1½ cups vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing the pan; 2 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon ground mace; 1¼ cups shelled walnuts, coarsely chopped; ¾ teaspoon salt; 1 cup whole-wheat flour, sifted; Apple Cider Glaze; 3 tablespoons Calvados or applejack; 3¼ cups coarse chunks of peeled and cored Rome Beauty apples

Preparation info

One
10 inch cake, 10 to 12 portions

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

Published 1982

About

Dark, moist, and chunky, with a dream of a glaze.

Ingredients

1½ cups vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing the pan
2 cups sugar
3 <

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a 10-inch round cake pan.
In a large bowl, beat the vegetable oil and sugar until thick and opaque. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift together the all-purpose flour, cloves,