Apple Raisin Cake Recipe

Apple Raisin Cake Recipe

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon dark rum
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 Cortland or Empire apples, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and butter and flour a 12-cup bundt pan, knocking out excess flour.
  2. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together oil, eggs, sugars, spices, rum, and vanilla in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture until just combined. Fold in apples and raisins and spoon batter into pan.
  3. Bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/4 hours.
  4. Cool cake in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
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