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Spiced Apple Cake with Eggnog Sauce

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Spiced Apple Cake with Eggnog Sauce

Spiced Apple Cake with Eggnog Sauce

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Equipment

  • - Stand Mixer: Essential for combining ingredients efficiently in batters or doughs.

  • - Food Processor (optional): Useful for chopping apples and nuts quickly if needed by the recipe.

  • - Baking Pan (9-inch round or similar size): For baking your cake to perfection.

  • - Silicone Baking Mat: Ensures nonstick results with parchment paper, aiding in removing the cake without damage.

  • - Parchment Paper Sheets: Helps in transferring the baked cake onto a cooling rack or serving plate easily.

  • - Cooling Rack: Essential for letting your cake cool down properly to prevent sogginess.

  • - Sieve (Fine mesh): Useful if you decide to incorporate spices directly into the batter for even flavor distribution.

  • - Measuring Cups and Spoons: For precise measurements in recipes that require accuracy with baking ingredients.

  • - Oven Thermometer: Ensures your oven is at the correct temperature for consistent results when baking cakes.

  • - Digital Scale (Optional): Provides accurate measurement of ingredients by weight, aiding in precision for recipes.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries

  • 3 tablespoons Applejack, dark or golden rum, or warm water

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar, sifted

  • 1 cup granulated sugar

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

  • 3 large eggs

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 3 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch dice (about 4 cups)

  • 1 cup (4 ounces) pecans, coarsely chopped

  • 1/3 cup crystallized ginger, finely chopped

  • s sugar for dusting",

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Instructions

1

Instruction 1

In small bowl, combine raisins and rum. Let stand until raisins plump, about 1 hour. Drain, discarding rum, and set aside.
2

Instruction 2

Position rack in middle of oven and preheat to 350°F. Lightly butter bundt pan, then dust with flour, knocking out excess.
3

Instruction 3

In large mixing bowl or bowl of electric mixer, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Add brown and granulated sugars, butter, eggs, and vanilla. Using electric mixer, beat on high speed, scraping down sides of bowl with rubber spatula as needed, until batter is pale and smooth, about 3 minutes for handheld mixer or 2 minutes for standing mixer. Stir in apples, pecans, ginger, and raisins. Spoon into prepared pan and smooth top.
4

Instruction 4

Bake until wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean and cake just shrinks from sides of pan, about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan on rack 10 minutes, then invert and unmold onto rack and cool completely. (Cake can be made up to 3 days ahead and stored at room temperature, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap.)
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Instruction 5

Just before serving, sift confectioner's sugar over cake. Serve accompanied by eggnog.
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