Apple Cake

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2001

Some apple cakes turn out shellacked and inedible while others are eggy and sodden. Fifty apple cakes later, we discovered a better way.

SERVES 10 to 12 (Makes one 10-inch cake)

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

Apple Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Many apple cake recipes produce eggy and sodden results or else cakes that are really no more than oversized apple muffins. For a buttery cake with enough structure to support a crown of golden, tender apples, we strengthened our classic ye...

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