Apple Cake Consortium

Lindsey's Apple Cake Experiment (LACE)

This union of apple cake recipes was arranged for the common purpose, beyond the capabilities of either single recipe, of being completely delicious, utterly delectable, and unavoidably devoured by anyone who has the good fortune to cross it's path.

Credit is principally due to the two original parent recipes, without whom, the end result would never have been born into existance.

Mom's Apple Cake, from the Smitten Kitchen blog and Apple Bundt Cake, contributed by RavenTresses from the I Like Big Bundts group on  Mixing Bowl were the inspiration for my creation, which will, henceforth, be known as Lindsey's Apple Cake Experiment or LACE.

The properties of LACE are as follows:

3 Fuji apples, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 tablespoons cinnamon
2 C sugar
2 1/2 C flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 C vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a bundt pan. Peel, core and chop apples into chunks. Toss with lemon juice, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1/4 C sugar and set aside.

Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, remaining 1 tablespoon cinnamon and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, eggs, remaining 1 3/4 C sugar and vanilla.  Mix wet ingredients into the dry ones, until batter is smooth. Scrape down the bowl to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.

Add half of the apples to the batter. Spread the remaining apples in the bottom of the bundt pan. Pour the  batter over the apples. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean.  Let cool for 10 minutes before transferring cake onto a serving dish or cake platter and sprinkling with powdered sugar.  

Optional quality enhancements to LACE could include the addition of walnuts, pecans, raisins, or even the elusive craisin.  Also, a maple glaze would be a viable alternative to the powdered sugar sprinkle.