Apple-Spice Cake w/Brown Sugar Glaze

By Treebs

Bon Appetit

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• Nonstick vegetable oil spray
• 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1 3/4 lbs Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, coarsely grated.
• 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
• 1 tsp finely grated lemon peel
• 3 lg eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
• GLAZE:
• 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp salt

Details

Adapted from google.com

Preparation

Step 1

CAKE:

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325 degree F. Spray 12- to 115- cup Bundt pan with nonstick spray. Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice into medium bowl. Drain grated apples in strainer. Using hands or kitchen towel, squeeze out excess liquid from apples. Measure 2 cups grated apples.

Using electric mixer, beat butter, both sugars, and lemon peel in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in vanilla and lemon juice. Beat in flour mixture. Mix in grated apples. Transfer batter to prepared pan.

Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in pan on rack on 20 minutes.

GLAZE:

While cake cools, prepare glaze. Stir sugar, butter, cream, vanilla, lemon juice, and salt in small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to boil. Reduce heat to medium. remove from heat.

Invert cake onto rack set over baking sheet. Using small skewer, pierce holes all over top of warm cake. Pour hot glaze over top, allowing it to be absorbed before adding more. Cool cake 30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.