Apple Date Bundt Cake

I found this recipe on another website. I have decreased considerably the amount of sugar originally called for and it is still fairly sweet. It is best made with Fuji or Granny Smith apples.

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Serves: 20
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 2 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  tablespoon cinnamon
• 3⁄4 cup dates, coarsely chopped
• 3⁄4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1 1⁄3 cups granulated sugar
• 4  eggs
• 1⁄3 cup  vegetable oil
• 1⁄3 cup applesauce
• 1  tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2  medium apples
• 1  tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F, with a rack in the middle of the oven.
2. Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan.
3. In a bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon.
4. Stir in the dates, nuts, and sugar.
5. In a large mixer bowl, beat the eggs, oil, applesauce, and vanilla until well blended.
6. Peel, core and chop the apples into 1/8" dice, sprinkling with lemon juice as you cut them to prevent discolouration.
7. Stir the flour mixture into the eggs.
8. The batter will be extremely thick.
9. Stir in the apples.
10. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 65 to 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out with no moist crumbs on it.
11. Cool on a rack for 20 minutes and then invert.