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Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Icing
Photo: David Holifield

Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Icing

14 ingredients 14 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1255
Calories
31g
Protein
60g
Fat
150g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pecans 1 oz (28g / ~19 halves) 196
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cake not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • For the Cake:
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/2 cups canola oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 2-1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups chopped pecans
  • 3 cups finely chopped apples (peeled)
  • For the Brown Sugar Icing:
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/4 cup milk

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350•F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. (Do not mistake

2

a 10-inch tube pan for a Bundt pan; this recipe will overflow a Bundt pan.)

3

Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Stir well, and set aside.

4

Combine oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes.

5

Add dry ingredients at low speed. Batter will be thick. Add pecans and apples

6

at low speed.

7

Pour batter into prepared tube pan, and bake at 350•F for 1 hour and 30

8

minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean when inserted in center of cake.

9

Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert on serving plate and remove pan.

10

Drizzle Brown Sugar Icing over warm cake.

11

Brown Sugar Icing:

12

Combine butter, brown sugar and milk in a heavy saucepan. Over medium-high

13

heat, bring mixture to a full boil. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.

14

Let cool to lukewarm.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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