Fresh Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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"Cooks always have enjoyed using fresh apples, and during the fall the best varieties for baking - Rome, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Pippin, Gala, Braeburn, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Rhode Island Greening, York Imperial, Cortland and Winesap - are available at produce stands and U-pick orchards.

Darlene Reinoehl of Klingerstown, PA, sent us her recipe for Fresh Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, which combines the wonderful flavors of apples and cinnamon. 'My aunt, who was a wonderful old-time cook, gave me this recipe,' Reinoehl says.'"

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Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 cups peeled and chopped apples
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 (1 pound) box confectioners' sugar
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 13-by-9-inch baking dish.

Beat sugar, eggs and oil together with a mixer until well blended. Mix in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir in apples and walnuts; mix well.

Pour into baking dish. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool before icing.

To prepare frosting, mix butter, sugar, cream cheese and vanilla. Spread on cooled cake.

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