Apple Dapple Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/3 cups vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 position oven rack in middle position; preheat oven to 350°; grease a 16 cup tube pan.
• 2 whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• 3 in a big bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla together using an electric mixer on medium speed until thick and glossy, about 2 minutes.
• 4 decrease mixer speed to low and slowly beat in the flour mixture, in 3 additions, until just incorporated.
• 5 stir in apples and nuts.
• 6 scrape batter into prepared pan; smooth the top.
• 7 wipe any drops of batter off the sides of the pan and gently tap the pan on the counter to settle the batter.
• 8 bake for 50-60 minutes, until a wooden pick comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, rotating the pan halfway through baking.
• 9 let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes; run a small knife around the edge of the cake to loosen, then flip it out onto a wire rack.
• 10 turn the cake rightside up and let it cool completely, about 2 hours.
• 11 the glaze: boil all of the glaze ingredients together in a small saucepan over med-high heat until thick and syrupy, about 1-2 minutes.
• 12 drizzle the thick glaze over the top and sides of the cake, let the glaze set, about 25 minutes before serving.