Apple Squares with Maple Glaze

By Texaschef11

Ingredients

• Cake
• 3 large eggs
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil (you can substitute any oil, like coconut)
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (whole wheat pastry flour would substitute well)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 3 cups chopped unpeeled apples (Braeburn, Gala, or similar)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Maple Glaze
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp butter, softened
• 2-3 tablespoons whole milk
• 1 tbsp pure maple syrup (can use maple extract also)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Coat a 15x10 jelly roll pan with spray oil and set aside. Leave the apples unpeeled but remove core and chop into bite size pieces. In a bowl with electric mixer, combine eggs and salt and beat at med. speed until frothy, about 1 min. Add the sugar and oil, beat well to blend. Add all dry ingredients and mix well. Fold in the apples, nuts and vanilla. Pour into prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake for 30 min. or till done.
For the glaze: Mix together all ingredients till smooth, drizzle or spread over almost cooled cake. Allow to set, then cut into squares.