Posted by midnightsmum 4b ON on Tue, Oct 7, 08 at 22:26
Ok, it's not my Mum's cake - but it sure is yummy. And since it's apple time, well, it's time to share:
RUTHIE'S APPLE CAKE: from a book published by Random House called "Friday Night Dinners"
makes 8 to 12 servings
Ingredients
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil (canola or sunflower)
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tsp pure vanilla paste or extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts - optional
2 lbs MacIntosh apples, peeled, halved, cored
and coarsely chopped (about 4 or 5
apples)
2 tbsp coarse sugar
icing sugar
Method
1. With a hand mixer beat eggs and sugar until very light. Beat in oil. Beat in orange juice and vanilla.
2. In another bowl combine flour with baking powder and salt. Add to egg mixture and stir just until combined.
3. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, nuts and apples.
4. Spread about half the batter in a 9" (24cm) springform pan. Spoon apples on top. Drizzle remaining batter on top of apples. Do not worry if the batter doesn't cover apples completely. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
5. Bake in a preheated 350F (180C) oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until a tester comes out clean when inserted into the centre. If cake is browning too much cover loosely with aluminum foil and reduce oven temperature to 325F (160C).
I put this into a bundt pan. It released very easily, and I put a paper doilie over it and sifted icing sugar over top. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Yum - mee!!
