Fresh Apple Cake

What to do with all the apples we picked (and bought) at Carter Mountain— make Fresh Apple Cake!

Ingredients
2 cups upshifted all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt
4 cups finely diced pared raw apples (I think we used about 4/5 apples)
½ cup soft butter or margarine
2 eggs
Confectioner’s sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325. Grease 13 X 9 baking pan
2. Into large bowl add flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Stir.
3. Add apples, nuts, butter, and eggs.
4. Beat until just combined (It will be thick).
5. Turn into prepared pan.
6. Bake one hour until top springs back when lightly pressed.
7. Cool slightly and top with confectioner’s sugar.
8. Serve warm. Top with whipped cream or ice cream<.

How to include a toddler:

• Adding the ingredients to the bowls.  Modifications: Adding the apples so that he could scoop the apples into the bowl.
• Stirring.
• Cutting the apples… well some of them.  See cutting/slicing in action here.
• Breaking the eggs.
• And of course, taste testing!

Here are a few pictures of my toddler hard at work– not the greatest, it is hard to take pictures while cooking with a toddler!

Download a printable recipe

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Click here to download a printable pdf of the Fresh Apple Cake Recipe.

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