Ingredients

  • Cake
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups peeled diced cooking apples (about 3 large)
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
  • Brown Sugar Glaze
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup whipping cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  • Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
  • Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
  • Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; stir into sugar mixture.
  • Stir in vanilla; fold in apple and walnuts.
  • Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup Bundt pan.
  • Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 30 to 35 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
  • Cool in pan on a wire rack 20 minutes.
  • Remove from pan, and cool on wire rack.
  • Drizzle with warm Brown Sugar Glaze.
  • Glaze: Combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. Stir in vanilla. Makes 1 cup.