Apple Dapple Cake
This old fashioned cake loaded with fresh apples and nuts and topped with a rich, buttery brown sugar glaze is an excellent dessert for a special occasion or holiday get-together!
Servings: 18 Servings
Calories: 487kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups canola or vegetable oil
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 cups peeled, chopped apples (honeycrisp or Granny Smith)
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Topping
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, whip together oil and sugar until well combined, about 1 minute. Add eggs, and mix an additional minute. Add flour and cinnamon and mix on medium-low speed. Once combined, stir in apples, pecans and vanilla.
- Pour the batter into a buttered 13x9” pan. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- When 5 minutes remains on the cake, mix together butter, brown sugar and milk in a small saucepan. Boil 3 minutes, then pour evenly over the hot cake.
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Notes
Tips and Substitutions
- The pecans can be swapped with walnuts. They can also be omitted if nuts aren't desired.
- The apples can diced to your size preference. They can be finely diced up to a larger chop, slightly smaller than the size of a dice.
- This cake can also be made in a 12-cup bundt pan.
- Before pouring on the glaze, if desired, you can poke holes all over top of warm cake using a wooden skewer.
Nutrition
Calories: 487kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 57mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 223IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
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