Apple Cake with Cider Sauce

By commercecook

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup apple cider
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg and baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups flour
• 2 large Granny Smith apples (3 1/2 cups),peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• Sauce:
• 2 cups apple cider
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

Cake:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 10 inch tube pan with removable tube insert with nonstick spray.

2. Whisk sugar, oil, apple cider, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until blended.

3. Stir in flour until blended. Stir in apples and walnuts.

4. Scrape mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

5. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 1 hour. Remove sides of pan. Cool completely before lifting cake off bottom of pan.

Cider Sauce:
Whisk cider, brown sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan until blended. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, whisking occasionally. Boil 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. Stir until butter melts. Let cool to warm or refrigerate until serving.