Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 piece)
  • Calories:
  • 712
  • Fat:
  • 43 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 13 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 97 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 386 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 78 g
  • Fiber:
  • 3 g
  • Protein:
  • 8 g
Contest Winning Recipe

Apple, Raisin, Walnut Cake

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

PREP

20 min.

COOK

25 min.

TOTAL

45 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. 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.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Oct 11, 2008

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