Best Date Nut Apple Cake Recipes

APPLE NUT CAKE

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"APPLES WERE plentiful in our area, so they were the staple of many of the desserts served at our table. This apple recipe was one of my mom's favorites. Today, it reigns supreme in our family as the choice dessert. Warm or cold, it's a treat every time!"

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 50m

Yield 9 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups diced peeled apples
1/4 cup chopped nuts
Whipped cream or ice cream

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture (batter will be very thick). Stir in the apples, nuts. , Spread into a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350° for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs. Serve warm or cold with whipped cream or ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 222 calories, Fat 7g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 34mg cholesterol, Sodium 317mg sodium, Carbohydrate 39g carbohydrate (26g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

APPLE DATE BUNDT CAKES W/PRALINE GLAZE

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This is my first time making a fruit and nut cake of such. It turned out to be a great tasting cake. Everyone loved it.

Provided by Yolanda Stewart

Categories Cakes

Time 2h5m

Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients

2 3/4 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp cinnamon
3/4 c dates
3/4 c walnuts
2 2/3 c sugar
2 large eggs - room temperature
2 large egg whites -room temperature
1/3 c canola
1/3 c applesauce
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
2 large apples
1 Tbsp baking powder [it is not necessary but i lke it in all of my cakes]
PRALINE GLAZE
1/4 c butter [not margarine]
1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
2 Tbsp light corn starch
2 Tbsp milk
1 c powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 c walnut nuts

Steps:

1. Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 325ºF, with a rack in the middle of the oven. Grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan (Bundt pan). 2. In a bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Stir in the dates, nuts and sugar. 3. In a large mixer bowl, beat the eggs, egg whites, oil, applesauce and vanilla until well blended. 4. Peel, core and chop the apples into dices, sprinkling with lemon juice as you cut them (to keep them from turning brown). Stir the flour mixture into the eggs. The batter will be very thick. Stir in the apples. 5. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 65 to 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean with no moist crumbs attached. 6. Cool on a rack for 20 minutes and then invert.
2. GLAZE: In 1 qt. saucepan, melt butter over medium high heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and milk. Heat to rolling boil over medium high heat, stirring frequently; remove from heat. Immediately beat in powdered sugar and vanilla with wire whisk until smooth. Immediately drizzle about 1 Tablespoon glaze over cake; sprinkle with 1 - 2 teaspoon chopped nuts. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

APPLE DATE CRISP

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My mother loves to make this old-fashioned dessert, and my father, brother and I love to eat it. Each serving is chock-full of apple slices, crunchy nuts and chewy dates. When the weather is cold, I love to warm up with this dessert. -Karin Cousineau, Burlington, North Carolina

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 55m

Yield 6-8 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

8 cups sliced peeled tart apples
2 cups chopped dates
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup cold butter, cubed
1 cup chopped nuts
Additional apple slices, optional

Steps:

In an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish, combine apples and dates. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Add nuts; sprinkle over apples. , Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until the apples are tender. Serve warm. Garnish with apple slices if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 445 calories, Fat 17g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 20mg cholesterol, Sodium 86mg sodium, Carbohydrate 75g carbohydrate (60g sugars, Fiber 7g fiber), Protein 6g protein.

APPLESAUCE DATE CAKE

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This a wonderfull dense cake. Got the recipe from a magazine about 30 years ago. Kind of reminds me a little of a fruit cake.

Provided by SandraJ

Categories Dessert

Time 1h55m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup soft butter or 1/2 cup margarine
2 cups hot applesauce
1 cup chopped dates
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 deg.
Grease well and flour a 9-by-9-by-2 inch baking pan.
Into a large bowl of electric mixer, sift flour with baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, salt.
Then add eggs, sugar, butter, and 1 cup applesauce; at low speed, beat just until ingredients are combined.
At medium speed, beat 2 minutes longer, occasionally scraping side of bowl and guiding mixture into beater with rubber scraper.
Add remaining applesauce, dates and walnuts; beat 1 minute.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 50 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
Remove from pan.
Let cool on wire rack.
Frost with a Cream-Cheese frosting.