Apple Nut Cake With Brown Sugar Glaze

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups peeled diced cooking apples (about 3 large)
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• 2 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• 3 combine flour and next 3 ingredients; stir into sugar mixture.
• 4 stir in vanilla; fold in apple and walnuts.
• 5 pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup bundt pan.
• 6 bake at 325° for 1 hour and 30 to 35 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pan on a wire rack 20 minutes.
• 8 remove from pan, and cool on wire rack.
• 9 drizzle with warm brown sugar glaze.
• 10 glaze: combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan. bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. stir in vanilla. makes 1 cup.