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Spiced Apple Breakfast Cake

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I really like cake.   I am the person at birthday parties who scrapes all of that unnecessary frosting off of the cupcake or cake and leaves only a thin layer because I think the cake is the best part.  My husband and two of my children beg to differ!  It’s not that I don’t like frosting, because I do appreciate a nice homemade Buttercream, but for me the cake is where it’s at.   Cakes usually aren’t on my dessert menu in the fall because I am too busy happily baking pies and apple crisp.  Earlier this week, I decided to try something new with apples and make this breakfast cake.  This Spiced Apple Breakfast Cake is a moist, melt in your mouth kind of cake that is best served on a chilly morning with a hot cup of coffee.  It’s bursting with the warm flavors and aromas of fresh apples, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon and nutmeg.  I thinks it’s absolutely acceptable to eat cake for breakfast as long as it’s called breakfast cake right?  I mean, it’s in the name and everything:)    This cake can also be enjoyed after dinner sprinkled with powdered sugar or topped with fresh whipped cream.  If you have any left over, it can also be reheated in a low oven the next day.  I’ve even packed a piece of this into my children’s  lunch boxes for a sweet treat!  Do you have a favorite fall cake?

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Spiced Apple Breakfast Cake

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Cortland (or your favorite baking apples) apples, chopped
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup walnuts, measured then roughly chopped

Instructions

  1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the apples, sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  3. Mix well and let stand.
  4. Grease a 3 qt. baking dish and set aside.
  5. In your Kitchen Aid Mixer, combine the flour, soda, and salt.
  6. Add the eggs, vanilla, oil and butter and mix well.
  7. The mixture will look dry, but don't worry:)
  8. Add the apple mixture and stir well until it becomes a nice batter.
  9. Add the raisins and the walnuts and mix until incorporated.
  10. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
  11. Cool for 20 minutes, cut and serve.
  12. Left over cake may be covered and stored in the refrigerator and reheated in a low oven the next morning.
  13. You may also freeze left over cake in an airtight container.
  14. Serves 8-12 depending on how large you would like the pieces.
  15. Enjoy!
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Comments

  1. Miz Helen says

    Oh my goodness, I love your Spiced Apple Breakfast Cake. Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your great post with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
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  2. Glynis Maruk says

    Recipe looks great! I will surely give it a try when I expect a get together with friends! Why wait? I don’t trust myself around cake. So glad to have found you via SSS, and will continue to read from this site. Many thanks!

  4. Ruth @ Living Well Spending Less says

    It is definitely acceptable to eat cake for breakfast since it’s called breakfast cake. The way you described this was almost like I could smell all of the amazingness that is put into it. I am going to have to make this soon. Thanks for sharing such a yummy recipe, Shannon.

    I’d love it if you linked this up over at Living Well Spending Less for Thrifty Thursday this week! http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/category/thrifty-thursday/
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    • Shannon says

      Thanks for stopping by Linda! It is good anytime of day, that’s why I don’t have any left! I guess I will have to make another one:)

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