Fresh Apple Nut Cake (Great Grandma's Yellow Book Recipe)

 

This is another recipe from the sub/Old_Recipes on Reddit. It's a simple one-bowl cake that uses the MUFFIN METHOD for assembly. The apple flavor takes center stage.

Yellow Book is another name for Calling All Cooks. It's a collection of recipes from The Telephone Pioneers Of Alabama Chapter. Brenda Etheredge from the Mobile chapter shared this recipe.

I gave large slices to Sharon and Don who loved it.

Ingredients:

1 cups chopped nuts ( used pecans)

3 cups sifted flour

2 cups sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

3/4 c vegetable oil

4 cups chopped and pealed apples

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

Directions:

Measure sifted flour and mix dry ingredients. Beat eggs until light, add all ingredients. 

Spread the thick batter into an even layer in a 9×13-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Sprinkle cake with following if desired: ( I didn't add this-Although the glaze does help lock in moistness, the cake is the true star here, with the sweet apple flavor and moist texture. I think a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream would be great in place of the glaze. This is my humble opinion)

Glaze:

1/2 c sugar

1/4 c flour

1 stick butter or margarine ( crumbled)

Mix , sprinkle on cake.