Apple Cake Recipe
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 medium apples peeled and cut into thin slices
- ½ cup Smucker's Red Plum jam
- juice of ½ lemon
- 3 large eggs brought to room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 pinch cinnamon
Instructions
- Begin by preheating the oven to 350° F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir dry ingredients and set the bowl aside.
- Add apple slices, Smucker's Red Plum jam, and lemon juice in another bowl. Mix up so that apples are coated in jam and lemon juice. Set aside.
- Beat the eggs well, either with an electric beater on medium or vigorously by hand.
- Gradually add sugar and beat (about two min.), or mix by hand, till the mixture is almost fluffy.
- Add oil, vanilla, and almond extracts, and continue to beat and scrape the side of the bowl till all is combined.
- Next, mix in the flour mixture (if using an electric beater, reduce speed to low). Mix until batter is blended to uniform color and consistency.
- Take just half of the batter and spread evenly in the baking pan.
- Next, cover the layer of batter with the apple and jam mixture. Then spread the remaining half of the batter over the apples. Finally, give a light shake or two of cinnamon over the surface of the cake.
- Bake on the center rack till golden (approximately one hour).
- After removing it from the oven, let the cake cool. Cut into squares and serve.