Vermont Apple Cake

Name: Vermont Apple Cake
Ingredients: FOR THE CAKE:; 4 cups Apples, Peeled And Finely Chopped; 1/2 cups Orange Juice, Divided Use; 3 cups All-purpose Flour; 2 teaspoons Baking Powder; 1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt; 1/2 teaspoons Ground Nutmeg; 1/4 cups Milk; 2-1/2 teaspoons Vanilla; 1/2 cups Unsalted Butter; 1 cup Granulated Sugar; 4 whole Eggs; 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar; FOR THE GLAZE:; 2 Tablespoons Dark Rum; 1/2 cups Confectioners Sugar

16 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:
4 cups Apples, Peeled And Finely Chopped
1/2 cups Orange Juice, Divided Use
3 cups All-purpose Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt
1/2 teaspoons Ground Nutmeg
1/4 cups Milk
2-1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
1/2 cups Unsalted Butter
1 cup Granulated Sugar
4 whole Eggs
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
FOR THE GLAZE:
2 Tablespoons Dark Rum
1/2 cups Confectioners Sugar

Directions

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1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine apples with 1/4 cup orange juice, set aside.
2

2 Combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, set aside.
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3 Combine milk, remaining 1/4 cup orange Juice and vanilla, set aside.
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4 Use an electric mixer to combine butter and sugar, beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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5 Stir 1/3 of flour mixture into the butter/sugar mixture, then add 1/2 of the milk mixture, repeat, and finish with remaining flour mixture.
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6 Spoon half of the batter into prepared pan, top with half of the apples, then add remaining batter and top with remaining apples, sprinkle with brown sugar.
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7 Bake for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out dry. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before tipping out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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8 Combine rum and confectioners' sugar, then drizzle onto cooled cake.