Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup applesauce
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
12 oz. chocolate chips
4 eggs
1 cup oil
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Method:
Combine all ingredients together and mix thoroughly by hand until well blended.
Grease pan (bundt, 10″ tube, 9″x13″ or 2-8″ squares all work well).
Bake at 350°F for about 50-60 minutes.

Ingredients:
Cake:
1-1/2 cups vegetable oil
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 1/2 cups peeled, diced apples
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 tsp. vanilla extract

Caramel Icing:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup light cream OR half & half
1/4 cup butter OR margarine
1 dash salt
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
Chopped walnuts, optional

Method:
Make Cake:
In a mixing bowl, combine oil and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine dry ingredients; add to batter and stir well. Fold in apples, walnuts and vanilla.
Pour into a greased and floured 10″ tube pan. Bake at 325°F for 1-1/2 hours or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Make Caramel Icing:
In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, heat brown sugar, cream, butter and salt until sugar is dissolved. Cool to room temperature. Beat in confectioners’ sugar until smooth; drizzle over cake. Sprinkle with nuts if desired.

Serves: 12-16
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon plus 3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 large sweet apples, [Golden Delicious] [total 3/4 pound]
2 large eggs
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons fine grated lemon rind
1-1/2 cup flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons each: fresh lemon juice and water
1/2 cup diced or coarse chopped walnuts

Method:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Lightly oil an 8″ square pan and flour pan lightly.
Mix 1 tablespoon sugar with the cinnamon; set aside.
Pare and slice apples thin, under 1/4″ thick; set aside.
With mixer on medium, beat eggs with 3/4 cup sugar until light.
Add honey, oil and lemon rind; mix to blend.
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Combine the lemon juice and water on low speed, mix half the flour mixture and half the lemon juice mixture alternately into the egg mixture; repeat with remaining flour and lemon juice mixtures.
Mix in walnuts on low speed.
Spoon 1/4 of the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Arrange 1/3 of apple slices on batter and sprinkle evenly with 1/3 of cinnamon mixture [about 1 heaping tsp.] Spoon another 1/4 of the batter in dollops over apples and spread very gently.
Repeat with 2 more layers of apples, cinnamon and batter, ending with another layer of batter; top layer of apples may not be completely covered.
Bake about 40-45 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack about 20 minutes. Run metal spatula carefully around cake and turn out onto rack; let cool.
Turn out of pan.