Categories: Recipes to Try
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 lbs apples, peeled, cored and quartered
- 2-1/4 cups sugar
- 1T water
- 3 cups flour
- 1-3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cloves
- 1-1/4 cup walnut pieces, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup butter at room temp
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp van extract
- 2-3 T milk
Directions
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Combine apples, 1/4 cup sugar, and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally to break up lumps. Let cool.
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eheat oven to 325. Butter and flour a 1-1/2 to 2 quart bundt or tube pan.
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Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves into a mixing bowl. Remove 1/4 cup of the mixture to a small bowl and toss with 1 cup of the walnuts and raisins.
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With an electric mixer, cream the butter and remaining sugar together until light and fluffy. Fold in applesauce.
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Fold the flour mixture into the applesauce mixture. Stir in the vanilla and raisin-walnut mixture.
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Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 1-1/2 hours.
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Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes, then unmold the cake from the pan onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
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Mix the icing and poor on cake. Let sit 2 hours for icing to harden.