Apple Nut Passover Cake

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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This recipe makes 16 servings

Nutritional Info
Per serving: about	-
cal	319319 cal
pro	4 g4g pro
total fat	14 g14g total fat
sat. fat	1 g1g sat. fat
carb	45 g45g carb
fibre	1 g1g fibre
chol	47 mg47mg chol
sodium	30 mg30mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	22 calcium
iron	66 iron
vit A	22 vit A
vit C	55 vit C
folate	1111 folate

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Associate food editor Daphna Rabinovitch baked this layered apple and nut cake to celebrate her niece's birthday, which fell during Passover last year. Everyone shared the results with pleasure.

Ingredients

3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans 3/4 3/4cup cupcoarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 1/2cup cupgranulated sugar
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon 1-1/2 1-1/2tsp tspcinnamon
1/2 cup raisins 1/2 1/2cup cupraisinraisins
1 apple , peeled, cored and chopped1 1appleapples, peeled, cored and chopped
1 tsp lemon juice 1 1tsp tsplemon juice
Cake:
4 eggs 4 4eggeggs
4 egg whites 4 4egg whiteegg whites
1-3/4 cups granulated sugar 1-3/4 1-3/4cups cupsgranulated sugar
2/3 cup canola oil 2/3 2/3cup cupcanola oil
2 tsp finely grated orange rind 2 2tsp tspfinely grated orange rind
1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 1/2cup cuporange juice
1-1/2 cups matzo cake meal 1-1/2 1-1/2cups cupsmatzo cake meal

Preparation

Grease 13- x 9-inch (3.5 L) metal cake pan; set aside. In bowl, combine pecans, sugar and cinnamon; remove one-third and set aside. Add raisins to remaining nut mixture; set aside. In separate bowl, toss apple with lemon juice; set aside.

Cake: Separate 2 of the eggs, combining whites with the 4 egg whites; set aside. In bowl, beat remaining 2 yolks with whole eggs until thickened. In thin stream, add 1-1/3 cups (325 mL) of the sugar, beating until thickened. Beat in oil, orange rind and juice. With spoon, stir in matzo cake meal.

In separate bowl and using clean beaters, beat reserved egg whites until soft peaks form; beat in remaining sugar, 2 tbsp (25 mL) at a time, until stiff glossy peaks form. Fold into matzo mixture.

Scrape half into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with raisin mixture then apple. Spread remaining batter over top. Sprinkle with reserved nut mixture.

Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool on rack. Serve at room temperature.