Apple-banana-walnut nugget cake

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3/4 cup walnuts
• 2 apples, whatever you have
• 3 large, very ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
• 2 1/4 cups superfine granulated sugar
• 4 whole eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate

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Preparation

• Oven preheated to 350F, with the rack in the middle. Butter a 12-cup bundt pan and set aside.
• Place all of the dry ingredients except the walnuts into a bowl and whisk to combine. Measure out 1/2 cup of the dry mixture and toss it with the walnuts in a small, separate bowl. Set aside.
• Slice the bananas into 1/3 inch pieces. Set aside 1/2 cup, and mash the rest of the banana slices in a bowl. Add the rest of the banana, the apples, and the rest of the wet ingredients. Stir gently to combine.
• In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together on low speed for about 5 minutes. The mixture should be light in texture.
• Add the whole eggs and then the yolks one at a time, allowing each to incorporate before adding the next.
• Alternate adding the dry and the wet ingredients, adding them in fourths. Don't pause between additions. Remove the bowl from the mixer and gently fold in the walnuts.
• Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake for about 60 minutes, or until it passes the toothpick test. Allow the cake to cool on a wrack for 20 minutes before inverting it onto a plate.
• In the meantime, make the glazes. Whisk together all of the glaze ingredients except the chocolate and divide evenly between two bowl.
• Melt the chocolate either in a double boiler or simply in the microwave. Stir half of the melted chocolate into one of the bowls of glaze.
• When the cake is warm, pour all three glazes over the top. Start with the white glaze, then the brown, then the pure chocolate. Slice and enjoy.