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Santori

4.4

(17)

(Apple Walnut Cake)

This cake's unusual name was taken from the relative who originally passed down the recipe.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 1 cake 13 x 9 x 2

Ingredients

3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
4 large Granny Smith apples
1 1/2 cups walnuts
3 cups all-purpose flour
Accompaniment: vanilla ice cream or whipped cream

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 300°F. and butter a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish. Into a large bowl sift together sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and whisk in oil, eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Peel and core apples and slice about 1/4 inch thick (there should be about 6 cups). Coarsely chop walnuts. Add apples and walnuts to batter and stir until coated well. Stir in flour just until combined well and spread batter evenly in baking dish.

    Step 2

    Bake cake in middle of oven 1 hour and 40 to 50 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean, and cool completely in baking dish on a rack. Cake keeps, wrapped in plastic wrap and chilled, 1 week.

    Step 3

    Cut apple walnut cake into squares and serve at room temperature with ice cream or whipped cream.

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