apple cake - grandma's recipe

Name: Apple Cake - Grandma's Recipe
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 4 cup(s) apples, red delicious; 2 cup(s) white sugar; 1 2/3 cup(s) crisco vegetable oil; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 2 large eggs, beaten; 3 cup(s) all purpose flour; ## ICING INGREDIENTS; 3/4 cup(s) sugar; 2/3 cup(s) evaporated milk; 1 stick(s) butter, room temperature; 1 cup(s) shredded sweetened coconut; 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 1 cup(s) chopped pecans

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Mary R Morris

Western Grove, AR

Updated on Jan 12, 2020

My Grandma had me hand write this over 60 years ago. I had lost this recipe and just found it a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure you will enjoy it the way I have. My Grandma could not read or write, but she could bake and cook anything especially Cajun food as she was full blooded Cajun. So today I look back over the times that she taught me how to cook. So Grandma this is for you. I will be posting pictures later on in the week.

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prep time 50 Min

cook time 35 Min

method Bake

yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

4 cups apples, red delicious
2 cups white sugar
1 2/3 cups crisco vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, beaten
3 cups all purpose flour
ICING INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1 stick butter, room temperature
1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

How To Make apple cake - grandma's recipe

Step 1

Peel and finely slice the 4 cups of Red & Delicious apples.

Step 2

Sprinkle 2 cups of sugar over the sliced apples and toss. Let sit in the sugar for 45 minutes.
Step 3

Sift 3 cups of flour, the 1/2 teaspoon of salt, the 2 teaspoons of baking soda together. Add oil, add two beaten eggs, the 1 1/2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract to the apples and stir.
Step 4

Add the flour (a small amount at a time till mixed). After it is mixed, the batter will be thick.
Step 5

Add apples to the batter and mix well.
Step 6

Bake in a 9 x 13 pan (you can use two 9 inch pans if you would like) Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Check using a toothpick to see if cake is done.
Step 7

After the cake is baked, let cool in pans for 10 minutes, then finish cooling on wire racks. After the cake is cooled, ice with the following icing.
Step 8

Get together the ingredients for the icing.
Step 9

Begin icing once you remove cake from oven by heating butter, sugar, and evaporated milk to a boil, stir often.
Step 10

Add vanilla, coconut, and pecans. Boil for about 2 to 3 minutes.
Step 11

Pour over warm cake. best served the next day.
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