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Washington Apple Cake
Alice
"This recipe keeps well and freezes even better. My family and friends love it. Great for those parties when you need to take a dessert or just because you have a sweet tooth."
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Ingredients
servings 317Original recipe yields 24 servings (1 - 9x13 inch cake)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9x13 inch pan. Spread apples evenly over the bottom of the pan.
- Beat eggs with mixer until thick and light. Combine sugar and oil and add to eggs.
- Stir together flour, cinnamon, soda and salt. Add to egg mixture and beat in. stir in nuts and vanilla. Batter will be very thick.
- Spread batter over apples in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool. Spread with Cream Cheese Icing.
- To make Cream Cheese Icing: Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in 1/4 cup melted butter, then beat in confectioners sugar and lemon juice. Spread over cooled cake. Refrigerate.
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Most helpful positive review
11/26/2006
I LOVE this recipe. I've made it many times. The first time I made it, I bought the ingredients to make the cream cheese topping and then decided not to. When the cake cooled, I just turned i...
Most helpful critical review
3/2/2009
Is this cake supposed to have a very thick crunchy crust? The middle was nice and moist and very good but my husband hated how crispy the outside was and I didn't like it much myself.
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11/26/2006
I LOVE this recipe. I've made it many times. The first time I made it, I bought the ingredients to make the cream cheese topping and then decided not to. When the cake cooled, I just turned i...
12/13/2006
Both of my grandmothers use to make this cake when I was a child. One grandmother used vanilla and the other used lemon in the icing.This cake has always been a family favorite. Remember the bat...
4/1/2009
This cake used to be on the menu at a restaurant I worked at. I reduced the sugar and oil with no ill effects in the cake. It was excellent. I will have to compare it with the original recipe...
3/21/2005
this cake is awesome...orginal cake....and the 3 eggs makes it more tender...
3/2/2009
Is this cake supposed to have a very thick crunchy crust? The middle was nice and moist and very good but my husband hated how crispy the outside was and I didn't like it much myself.
9/30/2008
My SISTER makes this cake and flat REFUSES to share the recipe with us! Oh, but she shamelessly flaunts this wonderful cake in front of us!! Well, thank you for sharing your recipe. This is b...
4/30/2006
I have made this recipe for years. Everyone loves it. I got this recipe in a recipe collection called "My great recipes" that I ordered from a cookbook. Everyone asks me to make this cake. I lov...
7/18/2007
WOW! I love this recipe! We only eat granny smith apples and I ended up with a bag that weren't, so I was looking for a recipe to use these up and this just what I was looking for. On the sweet ...
1/14/2015
This is the same exact recipe that I use. I found it in a Bensen & Hedges cookbook called Recipes from Great American Inns. It says this cake is served at The Captain Whidbey Inn in Coupeville, ...