Brown Sugar Apple Cake With Pecans & Dried Figs
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, more or less, for greasing pan
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting pan
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups peeled, cored, and sliced or chopped tart apples like Honeycrisp or Granny Smith
- 1 cup toasted, chopped pecans
- 1 cup diced dried figs
- Heat the oven to 350u0b0F. Butter and flour a 9-inch tube or Bundt pan.
- Beat the oil and sugar together in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. After 5 minutes, add the eggs and beat until the mixture is homogeneous and creamy.
- Meanwhile, whisk together the flours, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda in a bowl. With the machine on low, stir these dry ingredients into the batter. Add the vanilla, apples, pecans, and figs. Stir until just combined.
- Transfer the cake batter to the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan before turning out.
- Serve at room temperature with sour cream to dollop on top.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/78344-brown-sugar-apple-cake-with-pecans-dried-figs (may not work)