Apple Cake
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dessertKentucky Apple Cake Recipe
A delicious and moist apple cake with a rich flavor, perfect for dessert or tea time.
Jim WillsIngredients
- 3 cups, peeled and chopped apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- 2In a large bowl, combine chopped apples, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well.
- 3In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- 4Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.
- 5Fold in chopped nuts if using.
- 6Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
- 7Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 8Allow to cool before serving.
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Apple cake is the kind of baking that doesn't ask much of you. A few apples on the counter going soft, some sugar and oil, one bowl, and you've got dessert for the week and something to slice off for breakfast.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection in the fall when the bag of apples is bigger than anybody's going to eat, or when company's coming Sunday and they want something that keeps well on the counter under a dish towel.
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Quick Tips
- 1
Chop the apples small
Cut peeled apples into roughly 1/2-inch pieces so they soften all the way through in the time the cake bakes.
- 2
Toss apples with lemon juice
A tablespoon of lemon juice over the chopped apples keeps them from browning while you mix up the batter.
- 3
Test the center at 45 minutes
Apple cakes stay moist, so check with a toothpick around 45 minutes and give it 5 to 10 more if batter clings.
- 4
Cool before slicing
Let the cake sit in the pan at least 20 minutes so the apple juices set and the slices hold together.
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