Victor got a recipe for an Apple Cake years ago. It’s really, really good. Today, however, we were home – without apples – and Victor wanted to make a cake. What we did have was a lot of dried fruit we had bought for our train trip home.
Apple Cake became Dried Fruit Cake.
Here’s the original recipe and Victor’s tweaks, after:
Apple Cake
- 3 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 4 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 5 large apples
Preheat oven to 350°. Peel and cut apples into small chunks. Add 4 tsp sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon and stir together.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and set aside.
Beat together eggs, OJ & vanilla. Add oil, mix in flour mixture.
In a well-greased tube pan, pour alternate layers of batter and apples. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top.
Bake at 350° for 1 1/2 hours or until cake tests done.
Cool before slicing.
Dried Fruit Cake
- 3 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 2 cups chopped dried fruit (an assortment of pears, pineapple, apricots, dates, cherries, and peaches)
Preheat oven to 350°. Peel and cut apples into small chunks. Add 4 tsp sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon and stir together.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and set aside.
Beat together eggs, OJ & vanilla. Add oil, mix in flour mixture. Dust fruit with flour and stir into batter.
Pour batter into a well-greased tube pan. Top with pecans and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Bake at 350° for 1 1/2 hours or until cake tests done.
Cool before slicing.
It smells divine!
As soon as we finish our soup…..