When we were in Thailand, we got to eat a couple meals with Ron and Kathy C. They lived a couple floors down in the apartments we were in. I actually know them from back when I was growing up in Nigeria! Their son and I graduated high school together. So it was fun to spend some time with them. Aunt Kathy is a GREAT cook. My favorite part of the meal, though, was the dessert. She made this really yummy apple cake. I promptly asked for the recipe! I've made it once since we've been home and served it as a morning snack on a Sunday. There are two different icing/glaze recipes. One is what came with the recipe and one is what Aunt Kathy did when she served it. When I made it, I didn't have any powdered sugar, so I just made the original. Both ways are good! So make it, call it dessert or coffee cake, and eat up!
Fresh Apple Cake
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour (it works to use whole wheat for part)
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional--good either way!)
3 cups diced apples (can leave peel on!)
1 cup nuts (optional)
Put all ingredients, except apples and nuts, into a bowl. Beat together until well mixed. Fold in apples and nuts. Grease and flour a bundt pan (or a 9x13 works fine!). Bake cake at 300F (150C) for 1 1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (may bake less time in various pans or ovens!).
Glaze:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup milk
Mix together in a saucepan and bring to boil over medium low heat. Pour over hot cake.
Maple Glaze:
1 cup icing sugar
1/4-1/2 tsp maple extract (for lighter or stronger maple flavor)
1 Tbs water
Mix together. Add more or less water or icing sugar to get a pourable glaze to cover cooled cake.
Fresh Apple Cake
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour (it works to use whole wheat for part)
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional--good either way!)
3 cups diced apples (can leave peel on!)
1 cup nuts (optional)
Put all ingredients, except apples and nuts, into a bowl. Beat together until well mixed. Fold in apples and nuts. Grease and flour a bundt pan (or a 9x13 works fine!). Bake cake at 300F (150C) for 1 1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (may bake less time in various pans or ovens!).
Glaze:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup milk
Mix together in a saucepan and bring to boil over medium low heat. Pour over hot cake.
Maple Glaze:
1 cup icing sugar
1/4-1/2 tsp maple extract (for lighter or stronger maple flavor)
1 Tbs water
Mix together. Add more or less water or icing sugar to get a pourable glaze to cover cooled cake.
I think you may have the oil amounts wrong in the recipe that you posted. I just tried it, and it was swimming in oil. Thinking I had done something wrong, I tried it again. Still swimming in oil. Ironically, this morning my mother happened to email me a recipe for Apple Cake that she thought was good. It's the exact same recipe, but with half the oil. Anyway, you may want to check that out.
ReplyDeleteHey Karen--I just looked back at the recipe of this originally given to me. The oil amount is right according to it, so I've made it successfully with that amount. It does make a funny looking texture of cake "batter" with all the oil--more like brownie batter. I'm sorry yours didn't work! I wonder if its a difference in the flour? Who knows. Hope the recipe from your mom is successful!!
ReplyDeleteKaren--let us know how it works with half the oil and how the texture of the cake comes out! I'm sure a good number of us would love to know if we can make this successfully with half the oil! Better for our waistlines! :)
ReplyDeleteWill do!
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