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APPLE
WALNUT CAKE
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2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup orange juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
1 cup chopped walnuts |
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Generously grease
a tube pan.
For the cake: in a large bowl, combine the sugar,
eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract;
and mix well. Fold apples, coconut, and pecans into batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until
a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce: Melt
the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda,
and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Pour
the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven.
Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely
Sauce:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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