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Best Ever Apple Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, beaten
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups finely chopped apples
1/2 cup apple juice
1 cup chopped walnuts
Glaze topping for cake
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup whipping cream
In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, soda and salt. Make a well in the center and set aside.
In a medium bowl combine eggs, oil, apple juice and vanilla. Stir in apples and nuts. Add the egg mixture to dry ingredients, just until moistened.
Spread batter in a greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 45-50 minutes.
In a small saucepan combine the brown sugar, butter and cream.
Cook and stir till bubbly and all of the sugar is dissolved. Cool slightly. Drizzle warm sauce over cake, when it has cooled for 5 minutes, so it can seep into the cake, keeping it moist.
I was attracted to this recipe because it is very similar to a recipe I often use for chocolate cake. I followed the recipe very closely, with the exception that I added 2 tsp of cinnamon to it. That was a good thing because the cake had very little flavor, even with the cinnamon. I think, without the cinnamon it would have had no taste. The cake was a little bit heavy and turned out more like a brownie. The top was sticky, so not a good cake to eat with the fingers, and there was a large, diagonal crack almost completely through the cake I was very disappointed, especially because I thought this would be an easy task with nice results, so I was going to make it for a Bible study that I attend...but it just did not either look or taste good enough to be presentable.
My first thought is that I should put a bit more b soda in it - maybe at least 1.5 tsp, and maybe more oil and less juice.
Any ideas?
Best Ever Apple Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, beaten
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups finely chopped apples
1/2 cup apple juice
1 cup chopped walnuts
Glaze topping for cake
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup whipping cream
In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, soda and salt. Make a well in the center and set aside.
In a medium bowl combine eggs, oil, apple juice and vanilla. Stir in apples and nuts. Add the egg mixture to dry ingredients, just until moistened.
Spread batter in a greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 45-50 minutes.
In a small saucepan combine the brown sugar, butter and cream.
Cook and stir till bubbly and all of the sugar is dissolved. Cool slightly. Drizzle warm sauce over cake, when it has cooled for 5 minutes, so it can seep into the cake, keeping it moist.
I was attracted to this recipe because it is very similar to a recipe I often use for chocolate cake. I followed the recipe very closely, with the exception that I added 2 tsp of cinnamon to it. That was a good thing because the cake had very little flavor, even with the cinnamon. I think, without the cinnamon it would have had no taste. The cake was a little bit heavy and turned out more like a brownie. The top was sticky, so not a good cake to eat with the fingers, and there was a large, diagonal crack almost completely through the cake I was very disappointed, especially because I thought this would be an easy task with nice results, so I was going to make it for a Bible study that I attend...but it just did not either look or taste good enough to be presentable.
My first thought is that I should put a bit more b soda in it - maybe at least 1.5 tsp, and maybe more oil and less juice.
Any ideas?