My German Grandmother passed along this recipe. Cinnamon and apples are always a great combination and this recipe is a fabulous blend of the two resulting in a moist, flavourful snack cake. You can dress it up by splitting it, adding a dollop of whipped cream, garnishing with another bit of whipped cream and a very light dusting of icing sugar and cinnamon.
2 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
3/4 cup Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cups Flour + 1 Tablespoon
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup chopped Dates
4 cups fresh Apples, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 cup chopped Walnuts
Preheat oven to 350F.
Lightly spray 9×13 baking pan with Vegetable Oil and line with wax paper. Set aside.
Prepare apples. Peel and coarsely chop apples; place in medium size mixing bowl and toss with the 1 Tablespoon Flour. Set aside.
Combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon in small mixing bowl. Set aside.
In large mixing bowl, beat together eggs and sugar until foamy. Add vegetable oil, milk and vanilla.
Stir flour mixture into liquid mixture.
Stir chopped apples into batter, pour and smooth into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for about 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove from oven, place on wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes before turning cake out of pan.
Turn out and cool completely.
Dust lightly with powdered sugar and serve.
I’m always looking for more apple recipes, I have 2 apples trees and always have lots of apples in the freezer.
This Apple Snack cake is very moist and delicious. Easy to make…other than prepping all the apples. The Gittekuchen recipe I posted is often made with layers of fresh apples as well.