APPLE-CINNAMON CAKE WITH ICING 20 OCTOBER 2023
"Cold" weather came to Florida, so I wanted to make something fallish, but without pumpkin pie spice. When I came across this recipe for APPLE-CINNAMON CAKE WITH ICING, I knew I'd found my next baking project . . . Mixing station #1 . . . The apple peeling machine is very convenient . . . I suddenly realized that maybe dicing apples wasn't such a good idea, as I am still without my glasses and I have no depth perception. Oh well, too late now! Sugar for apple coating; this was supposed to be 20 grams, but this (and a few others were incorrectly read [see above], so I added 40 grams by misteak) . . . SPOILER ALERT: This did not affect the taste at all; in fact, with the amount of apple pieces I had, I think this amount of sugar was better. I only wish I'd doubled the amount of cinnamon . . . Brown sugar for dolloping . . . . . . altho it seemed to me to be too liquid to dollop . . . . . . however, I checked the original recipe; 120 grams of butter is the correct amount. That's an entire stick; I think I'd reduce it. Sifted flour for the cake batter . . . . . . as well as sugar & baking powder . . . . . and eggs & milk . . . The canola oil was mixed in after these. Mixing station #2 . . . Fortunately, I again looked over my recipe (printed in 24-point text so I could read it) and realized I was to use parchment paper, rather than PAM™. No harm done. Apples mixed into batter . . . . . . and spooned (rather than poured) into baking pan . . . This looks like potatoes drowning in gravy, but it IS the brown sugar/cinnamon mix. It just wasn't dollopable. Into the oven it went, for 43 minutes. Out of the oven . . . Sifted powdered sugar for icing . . . Unlike the brown sugar/cinnamon mix, the icing mixture was too thick . . . I'd used whipping cream instead of milk, so I added a few tablespoons of milk. The end result . . . I had two pieces for dinner. It tastes as good as promised, especially with whipped cream. I would, however, add some salt to the batter.
THE RECIPE I USED with correct amounts and added salt. My go-to baking apples are Granny Smith and/or MacIntosh.

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