Today is a rare day…
I’m home.
I’m alone.
I had time to bake a cake.
I’ve had this recipe for many, many years…
(It says Washington Apple Cake, but you can use any kind of tart apples)
I just love the smell of apples & cinnamon through the house
when this cake is in the oven.
Apples and cinnamon… yum
Simple ingredients:
Core, peel, and slice the apples.
I can’t help but love how these apples look.
(I guess I’m always looking through the lens of a camera) . . .
Place the sliced apples on bottom of pan. You don’t have to make them all lay
a certain way because you won’t be flipping this cake over (like you do with
Pineapple Upside Down cake).
Mix the eggs with the sugar & oil, then add the dry ingredients and mix well.
Spread this mixture (it will be thick) over the apple slices:
Put in oven at 350 for around 50 min or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
The moist bottom with apples and cinnamon-y goodness is another one
of those best parts of this cake.
But the top crust is still my favorite part!
Have some.
With Whip Cream.
Or better yet…
With a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Enjoy!
Daisy
Here’s the recipe:
A P P L E C A K E
Ingredients:
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 cup flour
2 tsp cinnamon (less if you don’t like cinnamon)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (I did NOT put in nuts since I don’t eat them – they are a migraine trigger)
4 cup thinly sliced tart apples
Beat eggs with a mixer until thick and light.
Combine sugar and oil; pour into eggs with mixer on medium.
Stir together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture with vanilla.
Beat to mix.
If adding nuts, stir them in now.
Spread apples in buttered 13×9 pan.
Pour batter over apples, spreading to cover.
Bake at 350 for 45-50 min. (time will vary depending on your oven).
OPTIONAL: You can spread or drizzle this icing over the Apple Cake:
Cream Cheese Frosting:
Soften 2 cream cheese squares (3 oz each). Beat until fluffy.
Beat in 1/4 cup melted butter.
Beat in 2 cup of 10x sugar and 1 tsp lemon juice.
A Daisy Garden 
OH my…this looks delicious, and sounds really easy to make! I love the smell of apples and cinnamon too. I think I just might give this one a try. Thank you for sharing with us.
The photos are beautiful as well 🙂
It’s easy and very tasty. Most people have all the ingredients in their pantry, so no special trips to the grocery store.
I noticed that! I’m pretty sure I have everything I need to make it…just need to pull myself away from this computer 🙂
This looks amazing!
It goes great with tea or coffee 🙂
I bet!
This looks so good and the cream cheese frosting always adds the most delicious finishing touch.
Lillian
Yes… I think I’d drizzle some instead of layering it… Kind of giving it a coffee-cake feel.
This looks delicious !! Thanks for sharing the recipe…it’s now on my list of recipes to try!
Thanks! I was actually going to make Banana Bread, but when I saw the apples, I thought I’d make the Apple Cake instead… it’s a nice change.
Lovely! And your photos are lovely, too–I especially like the one of the old, beat-up recipe!
Ha! That’s the photo my daughter like, too. 🙂
I had been wanting an apple cake recipe! I always make apple pies and sometimes a girl just wants to bake something else. 🙂 Yay and thank you! I can almost smell and taste it right through your blog!
Don’t forget the ice cream 🙂
The cake looks delicious. The green mixing bowl in the photo brings back memories. I used to have an identical bowl that I used for years–unfortunately it eventually broke.
I am not supposed to eat cakes this weekend but this one I am tempted to make! 🙂
Don’t you love to be at home alone to bake and read and whatever?… The cake looks so yummy and inviting… And I love the mixing bowl– it’s the one I grew up with in my mom’s kitchen!! fun post Daisy!