APPLE DATE BUNDT CAKE

INGREDIENTS
2 3/4 cups (330 grams) all-purpose flour, lightly sprinkled into a measuring cups
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 tablespoon cinnamon
* 3/4 cup chopped dates (not pre-chopped)
* 3/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
* 2 2/3 cups sugar
* 2 large eggs, at room temperature
* 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
* 1/3 cup canola oil
* 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
* 2 medium apples, preferably Fuji
* 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

METHOD
1. Preheat the oven to 325oF, with a rack in the middle of the oven. Spray-grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan (Bundt pan).
2. In a bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. Stir in the dates, nuts, and sugar.
3. In a large mixer bowl, beat the eggs, egg whites, oil, and vanilla until well blended.
4. Peel, core and chop the apples into 1/8-inch dice, sprinkling with lemon juice as you cut them (to keep them from turning brown).
5. Stir the flour mixture into the eggs. The batter will be extremely thick. Stir in the apples.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 65 to 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with no moist crumbs attached.
7. Cool on a rack for 20 minutes and then invert.