Apple Spice Cake

13 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup Calvados or other brandy
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda mixed with 1 tablespoon warm water
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3 Red Delicious appleshalved, cored and sliced 1/2 inch thick
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 350.
  2. 2
    Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
  3. 3
    Combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
  4. 4
    In a bowl, beat the butter until creamy.
  5. 5
    Beat in the sugar.
  6. 6
    Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
  7. 7
    Add the Calvados, baking soda mixture and vanilla.
  8. 8
    Stir in the flour mixture, apples and pecans just until incorporated.
  9. 9
    Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour, or until the cake is deep brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  10. 10
    Let the cake cool completely, then turn it out onto a plate.
  11. 11
    Cut the cake into wedges and serve.

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