Apple Blondie Cake

By karenstl

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
• 2 cups flour
• 2 apples (McIntosh or another sweet variety)

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from futureexpat.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350º.

Place the softened butter and sugar into a bowl. Using an electric beater, give it a whir until the sugar is incorporated into the butter. The butter will get stuck in the beaters…use your fingers to push most of it back into the bowl.

The next step is to add the eggs to the butter/sugar and beat until incorporated. The picture above shows how it looks after you’ve added the eggs.

Next add the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon & 1/2 of the flour to the bowl. On low, beat the mixture again until you can’t see any dry ingredients.

Then add the rest of the flour and beat until you have a nice batter mixture…don’t over beat…stop as soon as you see all of the flour is mixed in.

Use a scrapper to get everything off the of the sides of the bowls and use your fingers to get as much of the batter off of the beaters and back into the bowl.

Add the nuts and apple to the batter and give it a good stir. Then pour the batter into a 9 x 13 baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

I like using a glass dish since I can use it as a serving dish. If you use a metal pan, you might need to adjust the cooking time a bit.

Bake for 35 minutes or until the top is slightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean in the center.