Alice’s Apple Cake Recipe
🕒 Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
🥘 Category: Dessert
🔪 Yield: 1 cake
🍽️ Servings: Varies
Description: This delightful recipe for Alice’s Apple Cake hails from the famed Alice Bay Cookbook. Don’t be put off by the unconventional buttermilk sauce – it’s a surprising complement to the flavors of the cake. This recipe is so good that I always make a double batch to ensure there’s plenty to go around!
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 3 cups | All-purpose flour |
| 1 tsp | Baking soda |
| 1 tsp | Ground cinnamon |
| 2 cups | Sugar |
| 3 | Eggs |
| 1 1/4 cups | Vegetable oil |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla extract |
| 1/4 cup | Orange juice |
| 1 tsp | Grated orange peel |
| 2 | Apples, peeled and chopped |
| 1 cup | Chopped walnuts |
| 1 cup | Flaked coconut |
Buttermilk Sauce:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Sugar |
| 1/2 cup | Butter |
| 1/2 tsp | Baking soda |
| 1/2 cup | Buttermilk |
Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 325°F (165°C).
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Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
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Sift together flour, baking soda, and cinnamon onto waxed paper.
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In a large bowl, combine sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla, orange juice, and orange peel. Beat with an electric mixer until well blended.
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Stir in the sifted flour mixture until well mixed.
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Fold in chopped apples, walnuts, and coconut until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
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Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours, or until the top of the cake springs back when lightly pressed with a fingertip.
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Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
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Transfer the cake from the pan to a serving plate with a raised edge.
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Puncture the top of the cake all over with a wooden pick or skewer.
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Prepare the Buttermilk Sauce: In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, butter, baking soda, and buttermilk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a boil.
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Remove the sauce from the heat and spoon it over the warm cake, allowing it to soak in.
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Repeat the process, spooning the hot Buttermilk Sauce over the cake several times.
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Let the cake stand for about an hour before serving to allow the flavors to meld.
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Pour any extra Buttermilk Sauce into a small pitcher and serve alongside the cake.
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Enjoy the delicious flavors of Alice’s Apple Cake with its unique Buttermilk Sauce!
This recipe yields a moist and flavorful apple cake that’s perfect for any occasion. Whether you’re serving it for dessert after a weeknight dinner or as a sweet treat for a special gathering, this cake is sure to impress with its combination of tender apples, crunchy walnuts, and tropical coconut, all topped off with the rich and tangy Buttermilk Sauce.
