Sticky Spiked Double-Apple Cake with a Brown Sugar-Brandy Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1 cup

Apple, unsulphured dried

Eggs, large

2 cups

All purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp

Baking soda

2 1/2 cups

Brown sugar, tightly packed dark

3/4 tsp

Cinnamon, ground

3/4 cup

Granulated sugar

1/2 tsp

Nutmeg

1/8 tsp

Salt

3/4 cup

Pecans, toasted

heavy cream (36%)

1 1/3 cups

Butter, unsalted

1/2 cup

Brandy

1 cup

Lexia, muscat, or sultana raisins

1/8 teaspoon ground cloves (preferably freshly ground)