The first recipe!! Spiced Apple Coffee Cake

So, yesterday i started a blog....yeah. done that before. but, today i'm making a second post. that's new! well, it's still new, so we'll see.

last night david and i were on "snack duty" for our wednesday life group. so, i asked david what he thought i should make. he...without hesitation...reminded me of this delicious spiced apple cake recipe that i had found YEARS ago. i han't made it in forever...but remembered it being awesome. so, out came the ingredients, and away we go!

oh....and, a VERY important note...i was listening to Harry Connick Jr.'s "Only You" CD, and swingin' away!! AND it was raining...such a great afternoon. :)

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Recipe Name: Spiced Apple Coffee Cake

From: I think this guy came from a "Taste of Living" magazine...not positive though.

Appliances/tools needed: bowls, spatchulas, knife, springform pan or 9" square pan, and an oven. No special appliances needed!!

How I Did It:

PREHEAT oven to 350 (325 if you are using a glass dish)

Grease and flour a 9" springform cake pan, or a 9" square dish

In a large bowl, sift together the dry ingredients

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp cardamom

1 tsp cinnamon

Peel, core and slice

3 tart cooking apples

add 2 tbsp apple juice, orange juice, 

(or whatever juice you have on hand. 

i used white cranberry juice)

sprinkle with 1 tbsp white sugar

In a different large bowl, cream together till smooth:

1/2 cup room temperature butter or margarine

1 8oz package room temperature cream cheese

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Add 2 eggs, one at a time

slowly add dry ingredients to sugar/butter mix and beat till smooth.

Gently fold in apple slices. 

Do Not Overmix!

Spoon into prepared Pan

Bake 60-70 minutes, or till a toothpick comes out clean.

Glaze while warm. 

GLAZE RECIPE

Whisk together till smooth:

3/4 cup icing sugar

2 tbsp warm cream, milk or evaporated milk

1/2 tsp vanilla 

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WAS IT GOOD? oh yeah.  just like we remembered it. it is so rich and delicious...hard to stop at one piece. probably not great for the hips, but heck...who cares when it tastes this good?!

DID I MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE RECIPE? yes. the original recipe called for the cardimum and cinnamon to be added to the apples, and not to the dry ingredients, but i like the taste of a spiced cake, and thought that by adding it to the apples, the spices might get "clumped" together, and you would get a mouthful of cardimum. as much as i love cardimum...no one wants that. so, i sifted it into the flour, and the cake was beautifully spiced. yum!

WOULD YOU MAKE THIS AGAIN? YES!!! this is a staple in our desert menu now. (again). thanks to my hubby for reminding me that it was amazing  and for asking me to make it again!!

STAR RATING? this sucker gets 5 stars baby!! yu-um!!!!!!

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my babes being so good while i was making cake. although they did move the chair particularly close to the T.V.... :)

So, there you have it. my first recipe. wow. that took longer than i thought. i will have to get faster at this if i want it to become something that i do regularly. *sigh* well, it was at least enjoyable!! i WANT to do it again. :) hopefully you do to.