Recipe courtesy of Mary Sue Milliken
and
Susan Feniger
Spiced Apple Cake
- Total: 1 hr 40 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
4 cups Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped (about 4 to 6 apples)
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
Guava cream cheese topping:
1/4 cup guava jam
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
5 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour a 10-inch cake pan. Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Whip eggs until frothy, about 3 to 4 minutes then add oil and orange juice and mix thoroughly. Add dry ingredients and beat with whip at low speed until thoroughly combined.
- Fold in apples and walnuts and pour into prepared cake pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until firm on top. Cover with aluminum foil if top gets too brown. Cool on rack 5 minutes, then invert onto rack and cool completely. Serve with guava cream cheese topping spread over the top.
Guava cream cheese topping:
- Mash all ingredients in a bowl with a fork until light and fluffy.