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Carolina Apple Cake

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Submitted by sadie

Southern Carolina apple cake packed with 3 cups of diced apples and chopped nuts, finished with a warm brown sugar butter sauce poured right over the top. Dense, moist, and deeply comforting.

YIELD

1 cake

PREP

20 min

COOK

60 min

READY

80 min

Down in the Carolinas, apple cake isn’t fussy. It’s the kind of thing you stir together in one bowl, slide into the oven, and pour a warm butter sauce over while it’s still steaming. That’s it. That’s the whole show.

Three cups of peeled, diced apples disappear into a rich batter of oil, sugar, eggs, and flour, keeping every slice impossibly moist.

Chopped nuts bring crunch, vanilla runs through both the cake and the sauce, and that brown sugar topping soaks in just enough to create a sticky, caramel-like glaze on top.

This is church supper cake. Potluck cake. “I’ll bring dessert” cake. It feeds a crowd and never disappoints.

Kitchen Tips

  • Use firm, tart apples. Granny Smith or Braeburn hold their shape during baking and won’t turn to mush. Honeycrisp works too if you like it sweeter.
  • Pour the sauce over the cake while it’s still warm. The heat helps it absorb into the crumb. Let it cool too much and it just sits on top.
  • Don’t overmix the batter. Once the flour is incorporated, fold in the apples and nuts gently. Tough cake comes from heavy hands.

Ingredients

mix
1 ½ 355
CUPS ML VEGETABLE OIL
cooking
2 473
CUPS ML SUGAR
4 4
LARGE LARGE EGGS
beaten
sift
3 710
1 5
TEASPOON ML SALT
2 10
TEASPOONS ML VANILLA EXTRACT
add
1 5
TEASPOON ML BAKING SODA
3 710
CUPS ML APPLES
diced and peeled *
1 237
CUP ML NUTS
chopped
sauce
1 5
TEASPOON ML BUTTER
1 237
CUP ML BROWN SUGAR *
¼ 59
CUP ML MILK
1 15
TABLESPOON ML VANILLA EXTRACT

Directions

Mix oil, sugar and eggs.

Add sifted ingredients, baking soda, apples and nuts.

Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for one hour.

Simmer Sauce for 3 minutes, then pour over warm cake.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 383g (13.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 1755 55% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 107g 164%
Saturated Fat 15g 77%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 215mg 72%
Sodium 816mg 34%
Total Carbohydrate 61g 61%
Dietary Fiber 6g 22%
Sugars g
Protein 45g
Vitamin A 6% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 8% Iron 36%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
 

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