Apple Cake and Sweetness
Here's a trusty recipe from my sweet mama. It's a hit every time...and cakes just don't get any more moist.
Apple Cake
3 cups apples, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup oil or a stick of butter (I used the oil here, but its nice to have options in case you don't have one or the other)
1 1/2 cup brown sugar (white fine too)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup milk with 1 tsp lemon juice and 1/2 cup sour cream)
2 cups flour (wheat is of course nice here)
1/2 cup walnuts (or almonds)
1/2 cup raisins
This cake looks lovely in a bunt form. The apples kind of rise to the top and it looks very fluffy and loafy. And with the whole wheat, apples, and raisins, it is actually a pretty healthy cake for your kids (if you supress the fact that you put 1 1/2 cups sugar in it...or you could of course do something very un-Mama Jens and decrease the sugar by half).
So, its Saturday morning and I am in the same position as yesterday with the same cup for my coffee (but the coffee is fresh of course). The big one is playing games on the computer (educational ones, of course), and the little one is trying to find a hole on the remote control to fit a marker into, pausing every couple of minutes to try to eat the remote control. They are both so freakin' cute. I love my kids.
Big daddy is sleeping. He has amazingly good karma right now, which we are all experiencing the side benefits of. Its teaching me a thing or two about good energy.
Little baby is starting the hard core separation anxiety. If one of us walks out of the room (doesn't matter who), she breaks into tears. It is usually okay if we walk slowly though. It gives her a little time to process what is happening I guess.
Have a lovely Saturday.
Apple Cake
3 cups apples, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup oil or a stick of butter (I used the oil here, but its nice to have options in case you don't have one or the other)
1 1/2 cup brown sugar (white fine too)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup milk with 1 tsp lemon juice and 1/2 cup sour cream)
2 cups flour (wheat is of course nice here)
1/2 cup walnuts (or almonds)
1/2 cup raisins
This cake looks lovely in a bunt form. The apples kind of rise to the top and it looks very fluffy and loafy. And with the whole wheat, apples, and raisins, it is actually a pretty healthy cake for your kids (if you supress the fact that you put 1 1/2 cups sugar in it...or you could of course do something very un-Mama Jens and decrease the sugar by half).
So, its Saturday morning and I am in the same position as yesterday with the same cup for my coffee (but the coffee is fresh of course). The big one is playing games on the computer (educational ones, of course), and the little one is trying to find a hole on the remote control to fit a marker into, pausing every couple of minutes to try to eat the remote control. They are both so freakin' cute. I love my kids.
Big daddy is sleeping. He has amazingly good karma right now, which we are all experiencing the side benefits of. Its teaching me a thing or two about good energy.
Little baby is starting the hard core separation anxiety. If one of us walks out of the room (doesn't matter who), she breaks into tears. It is usually okay if we walk slowly though. It gives her a little time to process what is happening I guess.
Have a lovely Saturday.
posted by mama jens at 8:09 AM
6 Comments:
You have a lovely weekend, too! BTW, why don't you just make another blog and put all the recipes in it, so that we don't all have to search through your normal blog here. You can always leave a note on your normal blog that there's a new recipe. Just an idea. BTW, all your recipes sounds soooo yummy...I need to try some out soon. ;)
Just passing through, I'm liking the blog by the way.
E - Great suggestion! I'm gonna do that.
HC - Thanks for the comment. Your blog is pretty awesome as well.
Jen ... At what tmperature and for how long do you bake that Apple Cake?
Thanks,
Richard
Richard - Oh, I am not so good with these things...usually just use the mama instinct here. I bake almost everything at a little under 200 C.. About the time, I always do the toothpick and springback tests. Sorry I can't be more specific here! You'll love the cake though!!
endless number of these wonderful finds, what with the Internet being a vast network of constantly evolving ideas and all!
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