HONEY APPLE CAKE

      Title: HONEY APPLE CAKE
  Categories: Dessert, Favorite, Tried
       Yield: 8 Servings
  
     1/2 c  Dried apples,chop coarsely
     1/2 c  Dried pears, chop coarsely
     1/4 c  Apple cider
       1 lg Orange,juiced & rind grated
       3    Extra large eggs
       1 c  Granulated sugar
     3/4 c  Vegetable oil
     3/4 c  Orange blossom honey
     1/2 c  Strong coffee
       3 c  All-purpose flour, measure
            -after sifting
       1 ts Baking soda
       2 ts Baking powder
       1 ts Ground cinnamon
       1 c  Golden raisins
       1 c  Pecans, coarsely chopped
            Confectioners' sugar
  
   Makes one 9 x 13-inch cake
   
   Suzy's variation of Honey Cake II - Cooking with Memories by Lora
   Brody
   
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees with the rack in the center position of
   oven. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan. Place the dried apples
   and pears, the apple cider, the orange juice and grated rind in a
   small saucepan and simmer until the apples have absorbed most of the
   liquid. Set aside to cool slightly.
   
   In the work bowl of an electric mixer or by hand beat the eggs and
   sugar until thickened and pale yellow. Beat in oil and honey and then
   coffee. Sift together dry ingredients (including cinnamon) and mix
   into batter, mixing only until blended. Add the apple mixture,
   raisins and nuts.
   
   Bake for 1 hour until the center is firm and tester comes out dry.
   Cool on a rack and then either invert onto a plate or cut into
   squares in the pan. Dust with sifted Confectioners' Sugar.
   
   From the recipe files of Suzy@gannett.infi.net
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