“Old-fashioned Apple cake”

 

This moist old-fashioned apple cake made with fresh chopped apples, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. It’s a treat you’ll make every fall, whether you pick your own apples or buy them at the market.

 

Put the mixer away! This cake is best mixed the old-fashioned way–with a wooden spoon. Thanks to Carol for sharing this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (13 1/2 ounces)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 cups chopped apples
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps to Make It 

Heat the oven to 350 F.

  1. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan.
  2. .In a mixing bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; blend well. Add the remaining ingredients all at once and mix with a wooden spoon until blended.
  3. Spread the batter in the prepared baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until the cake tests done. A toothpick inserted into the center of the apple cake should come out clean.
     
  4. Tips
  • Use a neutral flavor vegetable oil, such as canola, corn oil, or safflower.
  • Some kinds of apples are better for baking than others. For a cake, the apples don’t have to be firm as in a pie or crisp. Choose fairly sweet apples, like Gala, Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Braeburn, Pippin or MacIntosh. 
  • To bring out the nutty flavor of the walnuts, toast them lightly in a dry skillet until lightly browned and aromatic.

Serve this cake slightly warm with a scoop of ice cream or dust it with sifted powdered sugar 

 Variations
  • Make the cake with chopped fresh pears instead of apples.
  • Omit the chopped walnuts or use chopped pecans instead.
  • Replace half of the granulated sugar with firmly packed light or dark brown sugar.

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