Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 2 cups apple, (finely shredded, see notes*)
  • 3/4 cup butter, (melted and cooled)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 heaping tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 heaping teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup chopped nuts, (you can use pecans, hazelnuts, walnuts, etc.)
  • 2 tablespoons confectioner's sugar, (for garnish and presentation (optional))

Instruction

  • Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees and by greasing a bundt or tube pan quite liberally with non-stick cooking spray.  Set aside.
  • Add the following ingredients to a large mixing bowl: apple, butter, milk, vanilla, and eggs.  Using a hand-held mixer, mix until well blended.
  • Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.  Use your hand-held mixer, and on the lowest speed, blend the dry ingredients into the wet batter until just mixed.  Do not over mix the batter.
  • Fold in the chopped nuts.
  • Pour the batter into your prepared pan.  Tap the pan firmly on a hard surface - like a cutting board or a counter-top - to ensure the batter has sunk into the corners of the pan.  This also helps to eliminate large air bubbles.
  • Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick, inserted into the center of the cake, comes out clean.
  • Leave the cake in the pan for 30 minutes.  This is very important!  Removing the cake early, due to the density of the cake, will result in a broken cake.  
  • Turn the cake out onto your serving platter.  Garnish with confectioner's sugar if you so desire and serve.