Old-Fashioned Apple Cake With Brown Sugar Frosting from KAF

Name: Old-Fashioned Apple Cake With Brown Sugar Frosting from KAF
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1 cake, 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour or 2 1/3 cups king arthur white whole wheat flour; 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons apple pie spice or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon each ground ginger and ground nutmeg; 2 large eggs; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened; 4 cups peeled peeled cored chopped apple, about 1 1/3 pounds whole apples; 1 cup diced toasted walnuts or 1 cup pecans; 7 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2/3 cup brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup milk; 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar; 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Submitted by Bonnie G #2

"This came from a King Arthur Flour site and says: "This cake is an old, old favorite of ours. It's a cake where the whole is definitely more than the sum of the parts. The moist, semi-chunky cake, spread with the frosting equivalent of brown sugar fudge, is perfect served with a cup of coffee or, better still, a glass of ice-cold milk." Not the prettiest cake I've made, but OMG - the flavor is all over it, pretty sure to make my families favorite list"

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 15
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 24

ingredients

Cake
2 ¹⁄₃ cups unbleached all-purpose flour or 2 1/3 cups king arthur white whole wheat flour
1 ²⁄₃ cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
³⁄₄ teaspoon salt
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons apple pie spice or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon each ground ginger and ground nutmeg
2 large eggs
¹⁄₂ cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups peeled peeled cored chopped apple, about 1 1/3 pounds whole apples
1 cup diced toasted walnuts or 1 cup pecans
Frosting
7 tablespoons unsalted butter
²⁄₃ cup brown sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ cup milk
2 ¹⁄₄ cups confectioners' sugar
³⁄₄ teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

Preheat the oven to 325°F Grease and flour a 9" x 13" pan.
2) To make the cake: Mix all of the ingredients except the apples and nuts in a large bowl.
3) Beat until well combined; the mixture will be very stiff, and may even be crumbly.
4) Add the apples and nuts, and mix until the apples release some of their juice and the stiff mixture becomes a thick batter, somewhere between cookie dough and brownie batter in consistency.
5) Spread the batter in the prepared pan, smoothing it with your wet fingers.
6) Bake the cake for 45 minutes, or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, or with just a few wet crumbs clinging to it.
7) Remove the cake from the oven and place it on a rack to cool completely; don't remove the cake from the pan.
8) To make the frosting: Melt the butter in a small pan over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar and salt and cook, stirring, until the sugar melts.
9) Add the milk, bring to a boil, and pour into a mixing bowl to cool for 10 minutes.
10) After 10 minutes, stir in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Beat well; if the mixture appears too thin, add more confectioners' sugar. Spread on the cake while frosting is still warm.

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Bonnie G #2

USA

<p>As of 6-14-2013 DH will be completing his tour in Trinidad, which has been a wonderful adventure; and returning home to Dayton, WA.  We'll miss all our friends and time there, but looking forward to enjoying home life on the ranch for awhile, while we see what the next adventure might bring.</p> 8726453"

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