Name: Apple Dapple Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Shortening and flour to prepare a 9X13 pan * see note; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 ½ cups vegetable oil; 1 ½ cups granulated sugar; ½ cup brown sugar; 3 whole eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 large Granny Smith apples (about 1 ¾ pound); 1 cup walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped; 3 tablespoons butter; 3 tablespoons brown sugar; 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons heavy cream; ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Apple Dapple Cake

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Apple Dapple Cake is an easy, vintage cake recipe loaded with apples and nuts, and a sweet buttery glaze on top.

Author: A Family Feast
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Yield: 12 servings 1x
Category: Cake, Dessert
Method: Baking
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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Shortening and flour to prepare a 9X13 pan * see note

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

3 whole eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 large Granny Smith apples (about 1 3/4 pound)

1 cup walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped

Glaze

3 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons brown sugar

3 tablespoons granulated sugar

3 tablespoons heavy cream

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

Grease and flour a 9×13-inch baking pan.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place rack in upper third of the oven.
Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl then sift a second time.
In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix vegetable oil with both sugars until well mixed.
With mixer running, add one egg at a time and once mixed, add vanilla and mix and scrape the bowl.
Slowly add the dry ingredients with mixer running on low. Scrape the bowl again and mix.
Peel, core and cut the apples into bite sized pieces and fold into the batter.
Fold the walnuts into the batter then spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
Bake in top third of the oven for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, put all glaze ingredients into a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Boil and stir with a wooden spoon continuously for one minute.
Remove from heat and pour over the top of the warm cake.
Cool the cake or serve warm by cutting into 12 pieces (3 rows X 4 rows).

Notes

*We have found that different colored pans cook differently as well as cooking in glass vs metal. So, the cooking time may vary slightly depending on what type of pan you use. We used a dark non-stick metal pan and ours took 50 minutes and was just starting to get dark on the sides.

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