E Z Cake

This cake is so moist and rich! One bowl, one pan! The most labor-intensive part is the paring, quartering, coring and slicing, but I sit at the table, using high performance tools and get the job done.

You will need a potato peeler, a heavy duty cutting knife, a very sharp paring knife, a cutting board and a large bowl. You will need to prepare a large pan with foil (NOT non stick-it doesn't come large enough to cover with one sheet) and some Pam. Of course you can just grease the pan and then have cleanup duty later.

Ingredients: 

2 eggs

1 3/4 cups sugar 

2 heaping teaspoons cinnamon (I add dash of nutmeg)

1/2 cup oil 

6 medium Honey Crisp, Cortland apples, or whatever tasty apple is available.

2 cups flour 

2 teaspoons baking soda

Directions: Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, cinnamon and oil. Peel and slice the apples and add to mixture in bowl (coating as you go to keep apples from turning brown.) Mix together the baking soda and flour and add to the ingredients in the bowl. Mix well until all of the flour is absorbed by the wet ingredients. Pour mixture into one greased 9x13 or two 9″ round pans. Bake for approximately 55 minutes. 

Before adding flour and baking soda mixture

Ready to bake

After about an hour it is finished

And ready! After I whip some cream for the topping!

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Apple Fool

I guess I'll never stop the apple train. I have no desire to get off. Yesterday it was applesauce, today it is another apple cake! Before that I made apple crisp and an apple pie.  Soon I'll air dry slices to preserve for use later and I'll also be simmering apple skin potpourri while baking applesauce breads. Let's see, what can I bake next this week? Oh! I know! APPLE COOKIES!  (Don't hold your breath.) I need to find a recipe for these and I want an old-fashioned one, such as from the early 1900's. Is that too much to ask?

Applesauce cuts

One Bowl Apple Cake (no skins on)

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I realize that these cannot possibly be as pleasing to your sight, smell or taste as they are to me. Also, I think you are tired of my apple pictures, but I like to look back and remember when they are gone until another year! The love will linger on.....

Lettus Eat Cake!

So we did! I made two applecakes this morning. One is now in the freezer. The other was cut unto eight pieces and is one quarter gone. They are loaded with cinnamon!

Then I ordered a new 15 oz. cup for my winter soups. I love soup in a cup! Do you recognize my Honey Crisp apples?

And played with a friend's picture of a yellow maple leaf.

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Now the day's almost over. What's for supper?