Granny Smith Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (18 ounce) box spice cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant butterscotch pudding mix (substitute vanilla, if you wish)
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil (or any vegetable oil)
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 3 medium granny smith apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
• 1 cup golden raisin (optional)
• icing sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 grease and flour a tube or bundt pan, then sprinkle walnuts in the bottom; set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil and water; with mixer at medium speed, beat for 3 minutes or until well blended.
• 4 stir in chopped apples, plus raisins if desired.
• 5 pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes or until a tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 6 cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.
• 7 dust with icing sugar, if desired.