Ultimate Apple Cake
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 10-12
 
Moist, tender, and full of apple-cinnamon flavor, this is the apple cake to end all apple cakes.
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups canola oil (my grandmother likes the Spectrum brand)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • about 4 cups apples, peeled and chopped into 1-inch squares (my grandmother likes to
  • use a combination of McIntosh, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith)
  • 1 cup chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped dates (Buy these whole, and chop them yourself.
  • The pre-chopped dates are not as moist.)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a tube or bundt pan.
  2. In large bowl, beat together the oil and the sugar to blend. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well. Stir in vanilla.
  3. In a separate large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk to blend. Add apples, nuts and dates to the flour mixture. Then add the wet ingredients. Mix with your hands – don’t be afraid to get in there! This batter is unbelievably thick!
  4. Pour batter into your greased pan. Dampen hands and press mixture into pan. Bake for 1 ½ hours, or until tester comes out clean.
  5. Serve plain. This cake is even better the second day.
Recipe by dramatic pancake at https://www.dramaticpancake.com/ultimate-apple-cake/