Spiced Apple Cake with Eggnog Sauce

Name: Spiced Apple Cake with Eggnog Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 79 milliliters crystallized ginger, finely chopped; 118 milliliters raisins or dried cranberries; 710 milliliters Accompaniment: eggnog, chilled; 3 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 237 milliliters (packed) light brown sugar, sifted; 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 113 grams cup pecans, coarsely chopped; 3 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch dice (about 4 cups); 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 Tbsps Applejack, dark or golden rum, or warm water

Spiced Apple Cake with Eggnog Sauce might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 540 calories. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. If you have pecans, raisins, golden scrumptious apples, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In small bowl, combine raisins and rum.

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Raisins

Rum

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Bowl

Let stand until raisins plump, about 1 hour.

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Raisins

Drain, discarding rum, and set aside.

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Rum

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

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Kugelhopf Pan

Oven

In large mixing bowl or bowl of electric mixer, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.

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Baking Soda

Allspice

Cinnamon

Clove

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

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.

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Raisins

Vanilla

Apple

Butter

Ginger

Pecans

Egg

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Bowl

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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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Wrap

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Skewers

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Just before serving, sift confectioner's sugar over cake.

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Sugar

Serve accompanied by eggnog.

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Eggnog

Test-Kitchen Tips

Even if your bundt pan is nonstick, it's a good idea to butter and flour it to help the cake unmold smoothly. Golden Delicious apples are sweet and hold their shape nicely when cooked. Do not substitute Granny Smith apples in this recipe, as they are too tart and have a gray color when baked.

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Granny Smith Apple