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Week 37 Recipe

APPLE CAKE

This recipe was submitted by Kathy in Panama. Since I don't do much baking, I recruited my wife and granddaughters, Charisma (7) and Abigail (4) to help. The cake was very moist and a big hit with all who had a piece, including the girls.

TOOLS • Cutting Board • Large wooden spoon • Knife • Apple slicer (optional) • Large mixing bowl • 8x8x2" baking dish   INGREDIENTS • 1 cup of vegetable oil • 2 cups sugar • 2 eggs • 4 cups of apples, peeled & sliced • 1 tsp vanilla • 1 tsp salt • 1 tsp baking powder • 3 cups all purpose flour • 1 cup pecans, chopped (optional) Icing • 1 cup confectioners sugar • 2 tsp milk • 1 tsp vanilla • 1 cup creme de cocoa (optional)

PREPARATION: For the cake: Mix oil and sugar. Blend in the eggs. Mix in the flour, baking powder and salt, a little at a time to blend well. Add the vanilla and apples (and pecans). Mix until the apples are covered. Spread into an ungreased baking pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. For the icing: Mix the sugar, milk and vanilla (and cocoa de creme, if used). Spread over cake while it is still warm. HINTS: This cake batter is very thick, about the consistency of cookie dough, so don’t let that fool you. I did not use the pecans or cocoa de creme in my recipe.