Apple Walnut Cake with Lemon Butter Frosting
By
Carol Powell
@memtiques
1
I got this recipe from a coworker over 35 years ago. The cake is super moist and flavorful and the lemon frosting accents the flavor of the cake - so delicious!
Rating:
★★★★★ 2 votes
Serves:
24
Prep:
1 Hr
Cook:
1 Hr
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
- 4 c
- chopped apples
- 2 c
- sugar
- 2
- eggs
- ½ c
- vegetable oil
- 2 tsp
- vanilla
- 2 c
- all purpose flour
- 2 tsp
- baking soda (dissolve in bit of water)
- 2 tsp
- cinnamon
- 1 tsp
- salt
- 1 c
- chopped walnuts or pecans
- 4 Tbsp
- butter
- 3 c
- powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp
- lemon juice
- 1-2 Tbsp
- cold water
How to Make Apple Walnut Cake with Lemon Butter Frosting
- 1Combine apples and sugar and set aside.
- 2Beat eggs. Beat in oil and vanilla.
- 3Mix flour, soda, cinnamon and salt.
Stir in alternately with sugar-apple mixture. - 4Stir in nuts.
Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour and cool. - 5Frosting: Cream 4 TBSP butter.
Add the 3 cups of powdered sugar.
Beat in lemon juice (2 TBSP) and enough cold water (1-2 TBSP) to make icing spread easily.
Beat and apread on cake.
