Fort Davis Apple Cake

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Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • 2 cups  all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups  sugar
  • 1 teaspoon  baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon  salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon  ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon  ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup  water
  • 1/4 cup  butter or stick margarine, melted
  • 1/4 cup  olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 3 cups  chopped peeled Rome apple
  • Cooking spray
  • Glaze:
  • 3/4 cup  sugar
  • 1/2 cup  low-fat buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon  light-colored corn syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon  baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon  vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a large bowl. Add water and next 4 ingredients (water through eggs); stir just until well-blended. Fold in apple. Spoon batter into a 12-cup Bundt pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

257 cal, 7.7g fat, 44.7g carb, 203mg sodium

To prepare glaze, combine 3/4 cup sugar, buttermilk, syrup, and baking soda in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat 6 minutes or until sugar dissolves and mixture is light brown, stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla. Pour over cake.