Apple Cake!

The other day I came across a recipe for this apple cake and thought it looked DELICOUS! So, after laying around feeling lazy today, I decided that I would get off my fanny and do something (you know, something healthy, like baking a cake and eating it!). After rummaging around in the kitchen, I came across this recipe that I'd printed out earlier in the week and thought it looked like something Holly and I could do together. After a few "tweeks" to the recipe, this is how it turned out!

We used the Golden Delicious apples from our trip last weekend to Aeneas Valley. I didn't even have to peel them, just diced them and threw them in! For those that are curious, here's the recipe, "tweeks" included. :)

Paula Deen's Fresh Apple Cake (with a few modifications!)

For coating pan: 3 tablespoos sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon, mixed. Preheat oven to 325 F and grease 10" tube pan. Coat pan with sugar mixture.

Ingredients:

3 cups sugar
3 tsp cinnamon
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
dash of cloves
1 1/2 cups applesauce
3 eggs
3 cups chopped apples (about 3 apples)
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 can prepared frosting

1. Mix flour, soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves; set aside. Beat applesauce and sugar until blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and then stir in apples and vanilla. Add flour mixture until blended; stir in walnuts and raisins.

2. Transfer to pan and then drop and shake the pan to release bubbles.

3. Bake 1 1/2 hours to 1 3/4 hours until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on rack 15 minutes, then remove from pan and glaze top of cake with frosting.