Apple Cake with Buttermilk Sauce Recipe

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I wish I could tell you this cake is a "keeper"...but in our family it never lasts long enough for me to find out! I prefer to use Cortland apples when I bake this cake, but any firm baking apple will work.

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Apple Cake with Buttermilk Sauce Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 1-1/4 hours + cooling

Yield: 16 Servings

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Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup orange juice
2 cups chopped apple
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup flaked coconut
BUTTERMILK SAUCE:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
Whipped cream, optional

Directions

Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add sugar, oil, vanilla and orange juice. On low speed, blend in flour mixture. Fold in apple, walnuts and coconut. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 325° for 1-1/4 hours or until the cake tests done. Invert cake onto a large plate or platter. Deeply puncture the top of the warm cake with a skewer or pick.
In a small saucepan, bring all sauce ingredients to a boil, stirring frequently. Immediately spoon 1-1/4 cups of sauce slowly over the top of the cake, then pour the remainder down the sides. Cool. Serve with whipped cream if desired. Yield: 16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 slice) equals 536 calories, 30 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 55 mg cholesterol, 286 mg sodium, 62 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Apple Cake with Buttermilk Sauce in Country Extra September 1992, p47