Simple Simon Cake
1 ½ cups flour
¼ cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking
soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cider
vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
5 Tbsp oil
1 ½ cups
applesauce
Sift together flour,
cocoa, sugar, baking soda and salt into greased 8” square baking
pan. Make three depressions in dry ingredients. Pour vinegar
into one, vanilla into a second and oil into the third. Spoon
applesauce over all. Mix well until smooth.
Bake in 350 degree oven
for 35 minutes. When cool cut into squares. Top with whipped
cream or applesauce. Makes 8 servings.
Ginger Apple Upside Down
Cake
¼ cup butter (or
margarine)
¾ cup brown sugar firmly
packed
3 medium
apples
1 pkg (14 oz) gingerbread
cake mix
Melt butter (or
margarine) in 8” or 9” square baking pan. Add brown sugar and stir
until dissolved. Peel and core apples. Cut each apple in half
to make two thick rings. Arrange rings on butter (or margarine) and
sugar mixture.
Prepare cake mix
according to package directions. Pour batter over apples.
Bake in 350 degree oven
40-45 minutes or until done. Cool five minutes; then turn upside
down on serving plate. Serve warm with whipped cream. Makes
six to eight servings.
Fun Apple
Cake
6 large apples
½ cup sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
1 ¼ sticks margarine
divided
1 yellow cake mix (2
layer size)
Peel, core and slice
apples. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Toss apples in sugar
mixture. Put apples in an 8” x 8” pan; add excess sugar
mixture. Pour dry cake mix over apples and pack tightly. Cut
margarine into 1 inch pieces and place over top of dry cake mix.
Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until golden brown.
Easy Apple Spice Cake
1 pkg (18 ½ oz) spice
cake mix
2/3 cup water
1 egg
¼ tsp cinnamon
¼ cup butter (or
margarine) melted
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups peeled, sliced
apples
2 Tbsp butter (or
margarine)
Blend half a package
(approximately 2 ¼ cups) cake mix, water and egg in mixing bowl.
Beat at medium speed until batter is smooth. Pour half the batter
into a greased 9” square pan. Combine remaining cake mix with
cinnamon; add melted butter (or margarine) and vanilla. Toss with a
fork to form large crumbs. Sprinkle half of crumb mixture over
batter in pan. Arrange 1 cup of apple slices over crumb
mixture. Carefully spoon on remaining batter. Arrange rest of
apple slices over batter. Dot with the butter and sprinkle with
remaining crumb mixture.
Bake in 350 degree oven
40-45 minutes or until done. Serve warm. Makes nine
servings.
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Apple Cake
4 cups chopped
apples
1 1/2 cups
sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp.
cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. baking
powder
1 tsp. baking
soda
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs, slightly
beaten
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable
oil
1 cup chopped
nuts
Combine apples and sugar;
let stand 1/2 hour. Stir together dry ingredients. Add eggs, oil and
vanilla to apple mixture. Stir. Add nuts and dry ingredients. Bake in
greased 13 x 9 x 2 pan for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
Old Fashioned Apple Pie
6 large cooking
apples
1 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp butter (or
margarine)
¾ cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
Line 9 inch pie plate
with bottom crust. Pare, core and slice apples and place in pastry
lined plate. Sprinkle with mixture of sugar, cinnamon and
flour. Dot with butter. Place top crust over filling, trim and
seal. Prick to allow for escape of steam. Bake at 400 degrees
for 40 to 50 minutes or until apples are cooked and crust is lightly
browned.
Double 9-inch crust:
2 cups sifted enriched flour
1 tsp salt
¾ cup shortening
4 Tbsp water
French Apple Pie
Topping
1/2 cup brown
sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup nuts
1 chilled 9" pastry lined
pie pan
4 large tart
apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp.
cinnamon
Mix apples, sugar and
cinnamon. Prepare topping, cutting in butter with other ingredients. Put
apple mixture in pie shell; sprinkle topping over apples. Bake 40 to 45
minutes at 400 degrees. Serve warm with whipped cream.
Apple Cobbler
3 medium tart apples,
pared, cored and sliced
1 1/4 cups flour
divided
4 tbsp. packed brown
sugar, divided
1/2 tsp. ground
allspice
1 1/2 tsp. baking
powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter,
melted
1 egg, beaten
Place apples in 9" round
baking pan; sprinkle with 2 tbsp. flour, 3 tbsp. brown sugar and allspice.
Combine remaining dry ingredients. Combine milk, butter and egg; add to
flour mixture. Mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto fruit. Bake at 375 degrees
for 35 to 40 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serves
6.
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