Dessert
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Ingredients
Apples - 2 cups diced apples - 1 tbsp Relative Foods brown sugar - 1 tsp cinnamon Cake Ingredients - 2 cups all-purpose flour - 2 tsp baking powder - 3/4 tsp salt - 3/4 tsp ground nutmeg - 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon - 1 cup vegetable oil (you can substitute butter) - 1/2 cup Relative Foods brown sugar - 1 cup Relative Foods cane sugar - 3 eggs - 1 tsp vanilla Frosting Ingredients - 8 ounces cream cheese, softened - 1/2 cup butter, softened - 1 cup Relative Foods brown sugar - 1 cup powdered sugar - 1 1/2 tsp vanilla - 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice - 1/2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Combine diced apples with 1 tbsp Relative Foods brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon. Set aside. - Preheat oven to 350F - Grease three 6" (or two 9”) cake rounds - In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, spices, and salt and set aside - In a separate mixing bowl, combine vegetable oil (or butter) and sugars. Beat until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time until thoroughly mixed, then add vanilla. - Slowly fold in flour mixture - Fold in apples - Spread batter evenly into prepared pans and bake for 35-45 mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean - Place cakes on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes then turn over and out onto wire rack to cool completely Frosting Instructions - In a large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese, butter, sugars, vanilla and pie spice until smooth, approximately 5 minutes. - Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. - Gently press walnuts into frosting on top of the cake. - Refrigerate leftovers.