Apple-Bourbon Cake

Categories: Cake, icings, torte

Ingredients

• 3 cups peeled, cored and coarsely chopped firm-tart and firm-sweet apples such as a combination of Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Braeburn and Arkansas Black
• 3/4 cup bourbon
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup melted butter, cooled slightly
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup applesauce
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• Scant 1/2 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom
• Whipped cream, for serving

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. lightly grease a 9 × 13 inch or deep 7 × 11-inch baking dish.
2. In a large shallow bowl, combine the apples and bourbon. Cover and set aside, stirring occasionally.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk sugar, butter, eggs and applesauce until completely combined.
4. In a separate large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom. Stir the egg mixture and bourbon-soaked apples into the flour mixture.
5. Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Bake 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature with a dollop of whipped cream.

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