Apple cake brings out the greatest in apples in cake variety. It

functions beyond the orthodox apple pie and demands apples into

a more tender dessert or afternoon collation. The apples, sliced or

chopped, may be mixed into the batter or used as a topping like an

upside down cake. In other instances, the apples are turned into

apple sauce and incorporated into the batter to make the cake

soggy and full of apple savor. Watch recipes videos for apple cakes

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The basic apple cake formula highlights the remarkable

combination of cinnamon and apple. Ground cinnamon adds a

subtle hint of spice to the apple cake just as it does to apple pies. To

make an apple cake, you would need a baking apple that must be

peeled, cored and then cut. It is tossed with a bit of flour and sugar

so that it bonds to the batter when added later.

The cake batter is then gathered, starting with mixing the dry

ingredients first (flour, sugar, baking powder and salt) before the

liquid ingredients are added (eggs, oil, melted savorless butter,

orange juice and vanilla extract). Unlike the more delicate chiffon

and angel cakes, the apple cake has the less soft crumbs and the

more flavorsome batter of a pound cake.

To bake the apple cake batter, it must be poured in a cake pan or a

tube pan (a Bundt cake pan would also look attractive when you

unmold the cake later) but only halfway. Arrange the apple slices on

top of this batter before you pour the last leftover cake batter on the

slices. Finally, finish off with the last of the apple slice mix. Cool the

apple cake onto a wire rack.

Give the apple cake some crunch by adding chopped up walnuts

into the cake batter or arrange some cooked pecans on the

underside of the cake pan before pouring the batter. When you

serve up the apple cake, the nuts on top will look savory and

provide a counterpoint texture to the apples.

Try Out with other savors and elements that would go nicely with

your apple cake. For one, cranberries, caramel, sour cream,

buttermilk, yogurt, cornmeal and even ginger will give you

glamorous savors for your apple cake. As topping, make a cream

cheese frosting, brown sugar glaze and streusel topping, or a

dependable quality vanilla bean ice cream for your apple cake.

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