Ingredients
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2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 tablespoon cinnamon
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3/4 cup dates, coarsely chopped
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3/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
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1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
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4 eggs
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1/3 cup vegetable oil
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1/3 cup applesauce
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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2 medium apples
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1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F, with a rack in the middle of the oven.
- Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan.
- In a bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon.
- Stir in the dates, nuts, and sugar.
- In a large mixer bowl, beat the eggs, oil, applesauce, and vanilla until well blended.
- Peel, core and chop the apples into 1/8" dice, sprinkling with lemon juice as you cut them to prevent discolouration.
- Stir the flour mixture into the eggs.
- The batter will be extremely thick.
- Stir in the apples.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 65 to 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out with no moist crumbs on it.
- Cool on a rack for 20 minutes and then invert.