Old-Fashioned Apple Cake

This old-fashioned apple cake recipe features chewy coconut and walnuts, and is extra-moist and flavorful from the rich glaze that soaks into the cake.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 498 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.25 cup orange juice
• 0.5 cup buttermilk
• 1.25 cups vegetable oil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

Step 2

Mix flour, 2 cups sugar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a large bowl until well combined for cake. Make a well in center; add oil, eggs, orange juice, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined. Stir in apple, walnuts, and coconut. Pour into the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 75 to 90 minutes. Remove from the oven; poke holes all over cake with a chopstick.

Step 4

Bring 1 cup sugar, buttermilk, butter, and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda to a boil in a medium saucepan for glaze.

Step 5

Pour hot glaze over cake; let stand for 1 hour. Carefully turn cake out onto a serving plate.