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washington apple cake

(3 ratings)
Recipe by
Karla Everett
Greenacres, WA

This is a really delicious apple cake that I have made for years , the recipe is from a recipe card group that I have had for years called 'My great recipes " and the picture is from the card. Sometimes I serve this cake with sweetened vanilla whip cream instead of frosting.

(3 ratings)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For washington apple cake

  • FOR THE CAKE :
  • 3 lg
    eggs
  • 1 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1 c
    oil
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1 tsp
    soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 c
    walnuts or pecans
  • 4 c
    thinly sliced cut apples (about 5 med.)
  • FOR THE ICING :
  • 2 pkg
    cream cheese (3oz. ea.)
  • 1/4 c
    melted butter
  • 1-3/4 c
    powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp
    lemon juice

How To Make washington apple cake

  • 1
    In a large bowl beat the eggs on high speed with a hand mixer until mixed well , add the sugar and oil and beat well.
  • 2
    Mix the flour , cinnamon ,soda and the salt together and add to the creamed batter. Add the vanilla and walnuts or pecans.
  • 3
    Butter a 13x9" pan and spread the sliced apples on the bottom ; Pour the batter over top of the apples and spread out evenly to cover all the apples.
  • 4
    Bake @ 350° for 1 hr. or until tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Top should be a pale golden and apples should be tender. Remove from the oven and let cool ; frost with cream cheese frosting.
  • 5
    For the cream cheese : beat the cream cheese and the butter until smooth ; add the powdered sugar and lemon juice and beat until smooth and creamy.
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