When a grandchild asks, who can refuse? I cannot find it in myself to deny any good thing my grandson asks of me. This is true when we are talking about matters of faith in Christ, when we are “searching up” information about how things work, or when we are putting our creative juices to work in the kitchen.
I love it when my (not so) little sidekick asks if we can join forces to cook or bake one of his favorite dishes. Here is the recipe for an Apple Cake he requested – multiple times.
Apple Cake Ingredients and Recipe
For the cake
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick), softened
½ cup applesauce
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 large apples, peeled and cut into ½ inch chunks
For the topping
1 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp turbinado sugar (such as Sugar in the Raw)
For the icing
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
5 tsp milk
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch tube pan, dist with flour. Set aside.
In a bowl, whisk together flour, 3 tsp cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In an electric mixer, cream together butter, oil, applesauce, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy (about 2 min). Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Working in two batches, add dry ingredients into butter mixture. Fold in apples.
Spoon batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top. Combine 1 tsp cinnamon and turbinado sugar. Sprinkle over top of batter.
Bake until top is golden and a tester inserted in cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 min.
Allow cake to cool in pan for 15 min before transferring to a plate right side up. Allow to cool completely. Whisk confectioner’s sugar and milk together in a bowl to make icing. Drizzle over cake. Serves 16.
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