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                  Week 37 Featured Recipe
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APPLE CAKE
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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)

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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.
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