Apple-Cinnamon Pound Cake
September 15, 2009 at 1:04 pm 4 comments
Last night my host-dad’s mother came over after doing some hardcore apple picking in the afternoon. We now have two large bowls of apples in the kitchen. I already had plans for dinner (Jewish-Thai Fusion, I’ll blog about it once I see how it comes out) so I decided to make an apple-based dessert. The kids I watch will eat anything in cake or cookie form, so that was my jumping off point.
Apple-Cinnamon Pound Cake
For this recipe I used a bundt cake pan. Also please note that I am fully aware of the fact that my conversions between the US system and the metric system are not exact. This hasn’t caused me any problems yet.
Ingredients (Filling)
- Three average-to-large peeled then grated apples (drain or squeeze out excess juice)
- Brown sugar (enough to cover the apples)
- A couple shakes of cinnamon (add nutmeg and/or clove as well, for more spice if you like)
- Lemon juice (half a lemon/a couple squirts from the lemon juice thing)
- Flour (enough to thicken the mixture)
- A small handful of oatmeal
Ingredients (Cake)
- 2 sticks of margarine/250g container of margerine
- 8oz package of cream cheese/200g container of cream cheese
- 1.5 cups sugar/300g sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 tsp cinnamon
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 2.25 cups flour/290g flour
- Raisins and/or pecans/walnuts
Bake
- Pre-heat oven to 325’F/160’C
- Butter and flour the bundt pan
- Peel and grate the apples.
- In a medium bowl, mix the apples, lemon juice, enough brown sugar to lightly coat the apples, spices, and a couple tsp of flour to thicken the mixture and hold it together. Ignore the oatmeal for now.
- In a large bowl, mix the cake ingredients in one-at-a-time, in the order they are listed. Mix after putting each individual food-item in bowl. I use a fork or a whisk to do this, though if you prefer it thicker use a food processor.
- Add half the cake batter to the pan, layer with about 2/3 of the filling, smooth, add the rest of the cake batter, top with remaining filling. Sprinkle the oatmeal on top to give it a bit of a crunch. Lightly pat the topping into the batter so that it sets.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes.
Personally, I enjoy lightly grilling or toasting (in a toaster oven) a slice of this cake and eating it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Yum =]
-Ariel
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1. Michael Beyer | August 21, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Nice! This my family’s treasured apple cake recipe from my grandma:
http://michaelbeyer.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/grandmas-slab-apple-cake/
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