Apple Walnut Cake
Taste of Home
This moist cake is perfect for brunch. It gets its appeal from big chunks of sweet apples, nutty flavor and creamy frosting. The recipe, originally my mom's, is a unique harvest treat.
SERVINGS: 16-20
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 50 min.
Ingredients:
- 1-2/3 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 cups chopped unpeeled apples
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- FROSTING
- 2 packages (3 ounce each) cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs. Add oil and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to sugar mixture, mixing well. Stir in apples and walnuts. Pour into a greased and floured 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
For frosting, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until the frosting has reached desired spreading consistency. Frost cooled cake. Yield: 16-20 servings.