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Apple Chip Cake

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My mom made this cake often in the fall when I was younger. It was one of my favorites. And now J likes it a lot as well. My husband and G aren’t as big of fans but that’s okay. They’re just missing out.

I finally made it for myself and J last year when the craving for comfort food was strong.

It’s a handy recipe to use up those apples on the counter that aren’t quite mush but are no longer in the prime for just eating.    apple chip cake

My mother used to make it using Jonathon apples. Probably picked from the local orchard (or picked up from their farm store, a restaurant also attached). A CVS sits on the corner (or maybe a QT as I can’t quite recall which side of the road) where the farm/orchard/restaurant used to stand.

While I’d been cutting the recipe in half, this last time I made it using the full 13×9 pan recipe. Thought it tasted so much better. However, last night it occurred to me. I used Jonathon apples in it this time as well. Note, any type of apple works. Pick an apple you like because the apples are the star flavor in this cake.

Apple Chip Cake  (Recipe as typed. See my notes at the end.)  apple chip cake

(Recipe card credited to Doris Jean Wyss)

2 cups sugar

1/4 pound oleo

Cream together.

Add:

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Mix thoroughly. Add:

4 cups diced raw apples

1 cup chopped pecans (black walnuts) 1/2 cup

Butter long pan. Bake 325 degrees for 1 hour. Eat hot with topping. Can make 3 layers. Can glaze or ice or dust with powdered sugar.

My Recipe Notes

1/4 pound oleo is equal to 1 stick of butter.

You can use whatever apples you have on hand. As I mentioned, my mom usually used Jonathon apples. This time that’s what I used along with a one gala and one golden delicious to round out the 4 cups (my Jonathon apples were small).

I usually leave out the nuts but I do remember my mom adding pecans, very finely chopped. I think the idea is to only add 1/2 cup if you use walnuts.

Long pan is 13 x 9. I think it’s just as good cold as hot. We usually don’t do anything to it but add a dab of whipped cream to a serving (and personally, I prefer it plain).  apple chip cake

I hope you enjoy the cake if you give this recipe a try!

 

 

10 Replies to “Apple Chip Cake”

          1. Wow. No, I don’t see that at all. I only see the gray square with the white outline of a person. Interesting. I wonder why?

    2. Oh, apple strudel! When I was a kid, the across the street neighbor made apple strudel. I can remember her work stretched across the kitchen table and how amazing her house smelled (always, not just on apple strudel day) when over there playing with those kids. Sounds like you are well set with all things apple for fall. Hope you have a Happy Thursday and rest of your weekend!

      1. I have to admit, the strudel dough for my apple strudel has been bought. Years ago when I came home from work, my daughter had pulled out a strudel dough on the living room table – it turned out to be a perfect strudel! She learned that at school and she inherited a great baking talent from her grandmother (on her father’s side). (Unfortunately I don’t ;-)) But I can make the fullness of the dough myself and it always spreads a wonderful scent around the house.
        XOX
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