It's apple season! We went apple picking over the weekend....what a fun family activity. I used the website http://www.pickyourown.org to find a local farm. It is a great website that offers lots of information and a pretty current list of Pick Your Own farms.
Only issue....totally overloaded with apples. Time to bake!
I made a German Apple Cake. I know cake isn't the healthiest food but, I was able to lower some of the fat and calories from the original recipe. When making the cake I cut back on the oil and sugar, added some more apples and I ended up just dusting it with confectioners sugar instead of adding a traditional cream cheese frosting. The cake ended up awesome. There is a slight sugary crunch on the outside with a moist and tasty apple cake inside. Wow!
German Apple Cake
Makes One Bundt cake
Ingredients
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 1/2 cups peeled, cored and diced apples (I used Red Delicious)
Cooking Spray
Confectioners Sugar
Preparation
- Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl beat the eggs and oil with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Add in and sugar and vanilla beat until well blended.
- Combine cinnamon, salt, flour and baking soda in a separate bowl. Slowly add into the egg mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick.
- Mix apples in by hand.
- Spread batter into a Bundt pan coated with cooking spray.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 minutes or until the cake tests done.
- Let cool slightly then remove from pan, dust with confectioners sugar.
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