Fresh apple cake
Instructions:
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A moist cake made with fresh raw apples has been an American favorite for generations.
- 1 cup sugar;
- 1⁄2 cup butter;
- 2 eggs;
- 11⁄2 cups all-purpose flour;
- 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda;
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon;
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves;
- 2 cups chopped fresh pared apple;
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pitted dates;
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans;
- 1⁄2 cup cold coffee;
- Old-fashioned Caramel Frosting.
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter a small 61⁄2-cup tube pan or ring mold, or a 9-by-l3-inch cake pan.
- Cream the sugar with the butter until blended, add the eggs, and beat until light. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves.
- In a small bowl, combine the chopped apple, dates, and nuts. Add 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture to apples and mix. Add the remaining flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with coffee, and mix until batter is smooth. Fold in the apple mixture.
- Turn batter into the prepared pan and bake 45 to 55 minutes for the tube pan, 35 to 40 minutes for the 9-by-l 3-inch pan. Turn out cake baked in tube pan and cool on a wire rack. Cake baked in flat pan can cool in pan.
- Prepare frosting, and frost cake when cool.