Four Quarters Apple Cake Recipes

EASIEST EVER MOIST APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (all oven types).
• Grease and line a 21 cm / 9" springform cake pan. (Note 4)
• Place flour, baking soda, salt and spices in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
• Whisk oil and sugar in a bowl, then whisk in eggs and vanilla.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix with a wooden spoon until JUST combined. Stir through apple (optional: add 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or other nuts).
• Pour into cake pan. Sprinkle over almonds.
• Bake for 50 minutes - 1 hr. Check at 50 minutes - it is cooked when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar if using, then serve. This cake doesn't need cream or ice cream because it is so moist, but I wouldn't turn it down!

FOUR QUARTERS APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 200C/400°F Grease a round non-stick cake tin and put the slices of fruits in the bottom.
• Mix butter and sugar together and add the eggs one by one, mixing well until smooth.
• Sieve flour with baking soda and add it progressively to the butter mixture.
• Pour the mixture on top of the fruits and cook in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Check the cake is done with a skewer.
• Let the cake cool down before removing from the tin.

BEST APPLE CAKE EVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Sift two additional times and set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine oil and both sugars, and mix until well blended.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Add vanilla and mix again.
• Add the sifted dry ingredients to the batter and mix thoroughly. By hand, fold in apples and walnuts and mix until evenly combined.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Remove cake from the oven and allow to cool in the bundt pan for 20 minutes.
• While the cake is cooling, prepare the glaze. In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine all of the glaze ingredients. Bring to a boil and allow the mixture to boil for 1 minute.
• Remove the cake from the pan, onto a serving plate. Spoon the glaze over the warm cake.
• Cool for a little longer before serving.