Apple Cake

Mom fondly remembers making this apple cake. I did not remember it, until I made it. The lovely smell of apple, cinnamon and nutmeg brought back this cake to my memory. For Megan, it took just one bite to remember this cake. The cake is sweet, but not overwhelming. It is an excellent treat on a nice fall day when apples are in season.

Apple Cake tastes a bit like apple pie, but is much easier to make. Most of the ingredients are staple ingredients that will be sitting around your kitchen. The cake itself is about half cake batter and half apples. Any type of apple will do. I used Golden Early apples from my farmer's market. Also, I did not include nuts, but Mom's recipe calls for walnuts, but any nut could work. Mom's recipe says to frost the cake with cream cheese frosting, but Mom never did use frosting, and this cake does not need any frosting. In fact the top of the cake had just a bit of caramelizing from the apples and sugar in the cake that added a great taste from which frosting would distract.

Apple Cake 

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. soda
• 2 tsps. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 4 cups peeled and diced apples
• 1 cup chopped walnuts, optional

Beat the eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, oil and vanilla. Add flour, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg gradually. Blend well. Stir in the apples and nuts. Pour into greased 13x9 pan. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Allow to cool. Enjoy!