One of our favorite desserts that he learned to make is a spiced apple walnut cake. For the last few years he would make it around Christmas time. It was his answer to the dreaded fruit cake. But unlike that cake, this cake is fantastic. It never lasts more than a day or two - it's soooo good we just can't not eat it!
This year he didn't make any because he lost his recipe. He looked at several recipes he found on the internet, and even tried one he thought was it, but they weren't the right ones.
Finally he found the right recipe on Food Network.com (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/spiced-apple-cake-recipe2/index.html). But just in case that goes away sometime, I'm putting the recipe here so we won't lose it again. This recipe makes the ugliest looking cake in the world, but it tastes delicious!
Spiced Apple Walnut Cake
Ingredients:
2 eggs1 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
2 cups white sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (Anthony added this ingredient to the recipe)
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
4 cups Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped (about 1/2" chunks) (about 4-6 apples)
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325°. Butter and flour a 10-inch cake pan (Anthony just sprays a 9"x13" glass baking dish instead). Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Whip eggs until frothy (this step is important), about 3-4 minutes then add oil and orange juice and mix thoroughly. Add dry ingredients and beat with whip at low speed until thoroughly combined. Fold in apples and walnuts and pour into prepared cake pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until firm on top (Anthony's is usually a little crispy on the top edges but still a bit soft in the center of the top). Cover with aluminum foil if top gets too brown. Cool on rack 5 minutes, then serve (if they can wait that long).
This cake doesn't need any frosting or topping of any kind. It's sooooo good - mmm!
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