CANDY APPLE CAKE
This is a great old recipe from Alabama, USA
13 x 9 x 2 inch oven proof baking dish or deep cake pan oiled
Preheat oven 350F
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 1 /4 cups sunflower seed oil
Cream together the oil and sugar
Until light and sugar is dissolved.
Gradually add 3 beaten large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
In a large bowl mix together well,
3 cups all purpose flour ( if using whole wheat add an extra 4 tbsp milk)
3 cups ripe apples cored and chopped (1/4 inch dice)
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Fold in the oil mix and
1/3 cup milk
bake in middle oven for 1hour
Remove from oven and pour on hot toffee topping:
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
place in a saucepan and boil for 5 mins.
Cool in pan on a wire rack..cut when cool.
BUTTERSCOTCH POUND CAKE WITH PECAN FROSTING
THIS RECIPE IS FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA
PREHEAT OVEN 300F
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups brown sugar packed
1 cup cane sugar
Cream together until light and fluffy in a stand mixer
Beat in 5 large eggs, one at a time and scrape down the bowl..mix very well (it is OK if the mix curdles).
in a measuring jug:
1 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
In a medium sized bowl, sifted together:
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour ( do not sift wholewheat..again if using wholewheat add 4 extra tbsp milk))
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Fold in the dry and the wet to the sugar mix, beginning and ending with the flour, beating as you add.
Scrape down the bowl and mix one final time
Pour the batter in greased and floured loaf pans and bake middle oven 1 - 1/2 hours depending on size of pan..until wooden toothpick comes out clean.
remove from pans and cool on wire.
When cold enough frost:
Frosting:
1 1/2 stick butter/3/4 cup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 pounds powdered sugar
beat together then add nuts and enough milk to make a spreadable frosting
2 cups cold toasted pecans (toast in 2 tbsp butter on a cookie sheet at 400f)
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