4 cups peeled, cored, and finely chopped cooking apples
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
2/3 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground cardamom
1/8 tsp salt
powdered sugar for top
In a large mixing bowl combine apples, sugar, walnuts, and melted butter. Stir in eggs and vanilla. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, soda, allspice, and salt. Add dry ingredients to apple mixture, stirring just until combined.
Spread the batter into a greased and floured 13X9 pan or a 10-inch fluted tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees F about 30 minutes for 13X9 pan or 50 minutes for tube pan. Sprinkle warm cake with powdered sugar. Serve warm. Makes 12-16 servings.
