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Apple-Walnut Cake with Cider Sauce

Source of Recipe


Woman's Day magazine



List of Ingredients



• 2 cups sugar
  
• 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
  
• ¼ cup apple cider
  
• 3 large eggs
  
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1 teaspoon each: cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• 3 cups flour
  
• 2 large Granny Smith apples (3½ cups), peeled, cored and sliced
  
• 1½ cups chopped walnuts
  
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• -- Cider Sauce --
  
• 2 cups apple cider
  
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
  
• 1 Tbsp butter
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  






Instructions



1. Heat oven to 350° F. Coat a 10-inch tube pan with removable tube insert with nonstick spray.
   
   
2. Whisk sugar, oil, apple cider, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until blended. Stir in apples and walnuts. Scrape mixture into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 to 20 minutes. Let cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour. Remove sides of pan. Cool completely before lifting cake off bottom of pan.
   
   
3. Cider Sauce:
   Whisk cider, brown sugar, and cornstarch in a medium saucepan until blended. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, whisking occasionally. Boil 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla; stir until butter melts. Let cool to warm, or refrigerate until serving.
   
   Serves 16