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Ingredients
- Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- Glaze
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Preparation
Step 1
Amish Friendship Bread Variations
Update: I won first place for this cake at the 2012 state fair!
This is my most requested recipe and the only one I’ve ever purposely not blogged. It has always been raved over to such a degree that I felt it was the best weapon in my dessert arsenal and, just like I used to keep the name of the perfume I wore secret so I could be special and no one else would smell like me, I wanted to keep this to myself as well so I could be the only person supplying the joy it induced. (OK so it’s available on Paula Deen’s website, but no one had to know that! Teehee!) I’ve now come to my senses and realized joy should be shared on a much wider plane. I think if everyone made and shared this recipe, the world would be a happier place. And who am I to keep us from achieving world peace?!
3 eggs, beaten
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10” bundt cake pan. Set aside.
For the cake: in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt & cinnamon. Add the eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract and mix well with a whisk. Fold apples, coconut, and pecans into batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
Shortly before the cake is done, make the glaze: Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven, making sure that it runs down the sides & middle to soak. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
I have a kitchen addiction and love to collect & share recipes. My passion is baking but I love to cook as well. The only thing I don't like to do in the kitchen is wash dishes, but my husband generally does them for me in exchange for his dinner.
ANOTHER WINNER!! I AM ADDICTED TO YOU SITE AND RECIPES. NOT MANY PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY ACTUALLY KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE A CAKE WITH APPLES OR CARROTS AND WHEN I OFFER SOME … CAKE TO THEM,THEY USUALLY LOOK AT ME FUNNY.THOSE SAME PEOPLE LEAVE MY HOME ALL SMILES AND ALWAYS RAVE ABOUT THE CAKES I MAKE. THANK YOU VERONICA. GOD HAS TRULLY BLESSED US BY PUTTING YOU ON THIS EARTH SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY PERFECTION EVEN JUST WITH A PIECE OF CAKE
That probably depends on your own preference. I usually use a mix of sweet apples with no tartness to them (like gala, braeburn, honecrisp, rome) b/c that’s what I like. Just steer clear of red delicious apples as they get a bad texture when baked.
Thank you! I saw your recipe awhile ago, finally had a chance to make it for a friends birthday today. Amazing. And the smells in the house while it cooked were equally as amazing! Much gratitude!!
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