Apple, Raisin, Walnut Cake
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The girls and boys in my junior high home economics classes like this cake because it's not too sweet. I like it because it has high fiber and nutritional value—the apples are used unpeeled. Parents who have apple trees are always glad to donate the apples!
SERVINGS: 12
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 25 min.
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups grated unpeeled apples
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- NON-SWEET FROSTING:
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup broken walnuts
Directions:
Beat eggs and oil together in a mixing bowl until foamy; add sugar and vanilla and continue to beat. Add apples, beating slightly; set aside. Sift together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves; add raisins and walnuts to flour mixture. Add flour mixture to egg mixture; beat slightly. Bake at 350° in greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Check for doneness after 25 minutes.
To make frosting, melt butter in saucepan; stir in flour until mixture bubbles. Add milk, stirring with wire whisk until mixture thickens. Cool. Add sugar and vanilla to cooked mixture; mix until smooth and blended. Spread on cooled cake; sprinkle with nuts. Yield: 12 servings.