Ingredients
- 1 cup butter unsalted
- 3 Honey Crisp apples peeled, cored, quartered and sliced thinly
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 1/2 cups pecan pieces (optional: walnut pieces, chopped hazelnuts or almonds)
- 1 cup raisins (optional: black, golden raisins, chopped figs, dates, currants, cherries, or apricots)
- Powdered Sugar--to dust
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Cut parchment paper to fit base of spring form pan. Grease well with butter.
- In a low stock pot, melt butter. Add chopped apples and sugar.
- Next add dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Stir well.
- Finally, add 1 cup of chopped nuts and raisins. Mix well.
- Pour batter into spring form pan. Level with a spatula. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of nuts on top of batter.
- Put cake into oven and bake for 1 hour. After 1 hour, turn heat of oven up to 375 degrees F. Bake until toothpick comes out clean, approximately 10-15 minutes. (See Note Below)
- Remove from oven and let cool for approximately 10 minutes before releasing and removing the spring form from the cake.
- Let cool an additional 60 minutes before dusting with powdered sugar. Slice. Serve. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Finish baking time varies due to each baker's oven. Use the toothpick guide - if it comes out clean, your cake is finished. Also, you can store any leftover cake in fridge up to 4 days.
