Apple Cake

Apple Cake 

The main ingredient in this cake is apples. That means its healthy. Right? While I was making my apple crumble pie, I had some left over apples so I decided to make a apple cake. While I love apple cake, my neighbor had never heard of it, so the left over apples were a perfect excuse to let her try it.

 This is a soft and sweet cake. The batter is very thick and the cake itself is very dense. The recipe has cinnamon and nutmeg in it, so it takes similar to a apple pie but without all of the mess of cutting a pie with a loose filling.

I added butterscotch chips to this batch of mini apple pies. It compliments the flavors surprisingly well.

However the first time I made this cake, I iced it rather then adding anything extra to the recipe itself.

The icing makes the cake very sweet and more dessert like. If you omit the icing the cake can easily be eaten as a breakfast alternative.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 C flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 C granulated sugar

3/4 C oil (or butter)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

3 diced apples

1 C butterscotch chips (optional)

Optional icing: 1/8 C milk 1 1/2 C powdered sugar 1/8 C butter 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease either 3 mini cake pans or 1 9-inch round cake pan. If you double this recipe it will fill a 9x13 pan perfectly. 

2. In a bowl mix together the oil, sugars, egg, and vanilla.  

3. Add in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir until combined

4. Add in the chopped apples and butterscotch chips. 

5. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until done. 

6. Once cool, pour on icing if desired.