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Apple Dapple Cake

Teresa Ambra
Scrumptious Mennonite apple cake recipe with apples, walnuts, cinnamon and coconut and glazed with a brown sugar topping. Serve as a breakfast coffeecake or for dessert.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Cakes and Cheesecakes
Cuisine Mennonite
Servings 16

Ingredients
  

CAKE:

  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups canola oil
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour, divided Bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 3 cups chopped Gala apples or your preference
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
  • 1 cup coconut

TOPPING:

  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions
 

CAKE:

  • Grease and flour generously a 10-inch bundt pan. Set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Mix eggs, oil, vanilla and sugar with an electric mixer.
  • Add baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and mix again.
  • Place apples, walnuts and coconut in a one-quart measuring cup or small mixing bowl.
  • Measure ¼ cup flour and mix with apples, walnuts and coconut stirring to combine.
  • Add remaining 2 3/4 cups flour and apple-nut-coconut mixture and stir with a wooden spoon to combine well.
  • Pour cake batter into prepared bundt pan.
  • Mixture is very thick.
  • Bake at 350 for approximately 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool cake in bundt pan at least 20 minutes.

TOPPING:

  • Combine topping ingredients in small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil.
  • Boil at least 10-15 minutes.
  • Invert cake onto serving platter.
  • Spoon topping over top of the cake.
  • You will use only about 1/3 of the mixture.
  • Allow sauce to absorb into the cake.
  • Spoon more topping over cake about 5-10 minutes later.
  • Again, spoon the final one-third amount of topping over top of the cake and allow it to stand until absorbed.
  • Allow cake to cool before cutting.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Taste of the South; recipe source: Mennonite Country Style Recipes and Kitchen Secrets.
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Keyword apple dessert, apples, cake, dessert
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