grated apple cake

Name: Grated Apple Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: 1 cup - butter, not margarine; 4 - eggs; 2 cup - sugar; 1/4 - 1/2 - cup rum, brandy, wine or your choice; 3 - large cooking apples, grated, peeled or with skin left on; 1 - medium jar, larger jar, maraschino cherries, sliced and juice; 1 tsp - each, cinnamon, ground cloves, nutmeg & allspice; 1/2 tsp - salt; t sp - vanilla; 3 cups - flour; 1 tsp - soda; 1/2 - cup water; 1 lb. - dates, chopped; 3 cups - fine chopped nut meats, your choice

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73 Pinches

Pat Campbell

pryor, OK

Updated on Aug 14, 2012

A very good friend of mine made this cake one year for a company Christmas buffet. It surprised me for the simple reason that it was a fruitcake, but not dry, like most baked fruitcakes. It was very moist and the most cinnamony, ( is there such a word)? sweet spicy flavor. This recipe rivals my No Bake Fruitcake for flavor. So, to all the fruitcake lovers dwelling among the Just A Pinchers on the internet, try it, I think you will like it. God Bless and great cooking to all.

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prep time 1 Hr

cook time 1 Hr 45 Min

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yield 14-16 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup - butter, not margarine
4 - eggs
2 cup - sugar
1/4 - 1/2 - cup rum, brandy, wine or your choice
3 - large cooking apples, grated, peeled or with skin left on
1 - medium jar, larger jar, maraschino cherries, sliced and juice
1 tsp - each, cinnamon, ground cloves, nutmeg & allspice
1/2 tsp - salt
t sp - vanilla
3 cups - flour
1 tsp - soda
1/2 - cup water
1 lb. - dates, chopped
3 cups - fine chopped nut meats, your choice

How To Make grated apple cake

Step 1

Dont let long list of ingredients frighten you away, not as hard as it looks. Cream butter, add sugar & beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Step 2

Add apples, (rum, your choice), cherries and juice, spices, salt & vanilla, blend well. Combine flour, dates & nutmeats.Mix soda & water.
Step 3

Add flour mixture & soda water alternately into cake mixture, being sure to mix thoroughly. Makes quite large amount. Line appropiately sufficient size pans, use judgement on pan size, with 2-3 layers of waxed paper, greased, or sprayed with cooking spray. Havent tried, but maybe line with parchment paper. Pour into pans & bake at 325 for 1 hour & 45 minutes to 2 hours. Depends a lot on depth of pans. The toothpick test works pretty well also. This cake is moist and flavorful & needs on icing. I believe this recipe is quite forgiving, so have fun with it.
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