Let Us Eat Cake!
Jul. 27th, 2007 12:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I'm horribly behind on my fic-reading and so owe comments a go-go, especially on many, many Lynnevitational entries, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
st_salieri and only_passenger's new chapters and fics. By way of apology until I get caught up, I offer this recipe.
Spicy Apple Cake
(modified slightly from "The Apple Lover's Cookbook")
This is a very good snacking cake, heavy on fruit, and not too sweet. The topping is only a thin glaze layer, but with the intense nuts-and-sugar-syrup-treacle taste it adds, it's plenty. It's also a very forgiving cake - the amounts of apples, nuts, and raisins can be inexact, and it still comes out fine. I usually overpack the apples to nearly 2 cups, and judge raisin and nut quantities by eye.
1/2 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 stp. cinnamon
2 1/2 cup peeled, chopped apples (I use golden delicious, especially those that have gotten a bit soft)
1/3 cup raisins
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/3 cup water
Combine 1/2 cup butter, sugar, eggs, salt, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix well. Stir in apples and raisins. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add to first mixture. Stir in water. Spread in a well-greased 13" x 9" baking pan.
Bake in 350-degree oven 40 minutes or until done. (The surface should be golden brown, softly resistant to the touch, and a toothpick should come out clean.)
Topping:
3 Tbsp. butter
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 Tbsp. milk
1 1/4 light corn syrup
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Combine butter, brown suger, milk, and corn syrup in saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add nuts. Pour over hot baked cake.
I'm horribly behind on my fic-reading and so owe comments a go-go, especially on many, many Lynnevitational entries, and
st_salieri and only_passenger's new chapters and fics. By way of apology until I get caught up, I offer this recipe. Spicy Apple Cake
(modified slightly from "The Apple Lover's Cookbook")
This is a very good snacking cake, heavy on fruit, and not too sweet. The topping is only a thin glaze layer, but with the intense nuts-and-sugar-syrup-treacle taste it adds, it's plenty. It's also a very forgiving cake - the amounts of apples, nuts, and raisins can be inexact, and it still comes out fine. I usually overpack the apples to nearly 2 cups, and judge raisin and nut quantities by eye.
1/2 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 stp. cinnamon
2 1/2 cup peeled, chopped apples (I use golden delicious, especially those that have gotten a bit soft)
1/3 cup raisins
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/3 cup water
Combine 1/2 cup butter, sugar, eggs, salt, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix well. Stir in apples and raisins. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add to first mixture. Stir in water. Spread in a well-greased 13" x 9" baking pan.
Bake in 350-degree oven 40 minutes or until done. (The surface should be golden brown, softly resistant to the touch, and a toothpick should come out clean.)
Topping:
3 Tbsp. butter
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 Tbsp. milk
1 1/4 light corn syrup
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Combine butter, brown suger, milk, and corn syrup in saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add nuts. Pour over hot baked cake.