Another Apple Cake

Post by **Skylace** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:35 pm

This recipe has been used by my mom for years. We just made it again recently and I thought I'd post it. It's tasty for sure!

Post by **eefanincan** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:09 pm

Sounds great Sky --- especially at this time of year with all the apples available. Do you use any particular kind of apple or will any kind do?

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:17 pm

In this country I always use granny smiths ..... In the uk was cooking apples nice and Tart

Nice recipe Sky .....

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:23 pm

bramleys

how much is a cup? i see a lot of american recipes use that ...

Post by **Skylace** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:36 pm

I used Golden Delicious Apples for the recipe and there are 8 oz in 1 cup

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:43 pm

thanks skylace, i might try this at the weekend - thats one of the things i miss about living at home, home cooked cakes mmm

it sounds like a lot of sugar though! and oil - that would be 12oz of oil! although to be fair, i don't know how much an oz of sugar actually is ... but i suppose its the bad things that make it so good

Post by **faceless** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:54 pm

I was shocked at the amount of oil too, but Luke, knowing of your liking for the occasional smoke I'm even more surprised you don't know how much an ounce is! It's 28g.

luke · Post by **luke** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:37 am

haha, i usually go by the kilo

i meant i couldn't really visualise how much 8oz of sugar look like, i've just weighed it out though and its a whole sugar bowl full! its a lot sugar really for a cake that would probably get eaten in an evening ... you know the munchies

Post by **Skylace** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:39 am

I have another cake recipe with three cups of sugar

However, in a lot of cake recipes you use 2 cups of sugar. You can substitute Splenda if you want to.
The oil there is to make the cake moist. Since it has apples and nuts in it, which don't have much in the way of natural fats, the cake would be dry without the oil in there.
Many other cake recipes require 2 sticks of butter or quite a bit of shortening.

luke · Post by **luke** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:47 am

i've never really made cakes ( except at school - banana crunch cake, great as i remember! ) so didn't really know how much stuff like that went in, i'm still going to be trying this at the weekend though ... i'll just have to try and not eat it all in one night

Post by **Skylace** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:50 am

luke wrote:i've never really made cakes ( except at school - banana crunch cake, great as i remember! ) so didn't really know how much stuff like that went in, i'm still going to be trying this at the weekend though ... i'll just have to try and not eat it all in one night

If you can I will be impressed! There are three of us here in the house and we have still had it for three days!

Lostinthestates · Post by **Lostinthestates** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:11 am

Skylace wrote:
luke wrote:i've never really made cakes ( except at school - banana crunch cake, great as i remember! ) so didn't really know how much stuff like that went in, i'm still going to be trying this at the weekend though ... i'll just have to try and not eat it all in one night
If you can I will be impressed! There are three of us here in the house and we have still had it for three days!

I am pretty sure I could finish it off! So I better give your recipe a miss skylace, even though it does sound quite lush

Post by **Skylace** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:26 am

Lostinthestates wrote:
Skylace wrote:
luke wrote:i've never really made cakes ( except at school - banana crunch cake, great as i remember! ) so didn't really know how much stuff like that went in, i'm still going to be trying this at the weekend though ... i'll just have to try and not eat it all in one night
If you can I will be impressed! There are three of us here in the house and we have still had it for three days!
I am pretty sure I could finish it off! So I better give your recipe a miss skylace, even though it does sound quite lush

If you ever have an office party you can be sure to come up top trumps with this one!

I have to dig out the bundt cake recipe I have with chocolate chips!

Post by **eefanincan** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:17 am

It's cake! Screw the sugar and fat content.... if you're going to eat it, eat it! Just don't bake one everyday

All this talk of cake..... now I want some

Post by **Skylace** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:12 pm

That's so true eefan. It is a cake! And once in a while isn't going to kill you! You can also make the slices smaller and enjoy it longer! :cake: