APPLE DESSERT CAKE (courtesy of BB)
Peel core and slice 6-7 medium apples and place them in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp lemon juice and 2 cups of sugar and mix well. (May also add the grated rind of 1 lemon if you wish) Let stand 10 minutes.
Cream together 1 cup shortening (I used butter flavor) and 2 eggs and add to apple mix. If you are using a sourdough starter, add 1/2 cup of it at this point. In a separate bowl, mix together 3 cups all purpose flour-2 tsp baking soda-1 tsp cinnamon & 1/2 tsp salt.
Add dry ingredients gradually to apples and make sure they are well mixed in.
You can also add 1 cup of chopped walnuts (remember, I used almonds along with the cardamom. You can also make this cake without the starter-it's just as scrumptious).
Grease and flour a 10" tube pan. Spread mix into pan and bake 350-375 degrees for about 1 hour until cake tester comes out clean/top springs back after a light touch. Cool on wire rack.
This cake was very good the first day I made it, but as the days went by the taste really developed an apple-cinnamon headiness that was divine.
Thanks, BB!!
Peel core and slice 6-7 medium apples and place them in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp lemon juice and 2 cups of sugar and mix well. (May also add the grated rind of 1 lemon if you wish) Let stand 10 minutes.
Cream together 1 cup shortening (I used butter flavor) and 2 eggs and add to apple mix. If you are using a sourdough starter, add 1/2 cup of it at this point. In a separate bowl, mix together 3 cups all purpose flour-2 tsp baking soda-1 tsp cinnamon & 1/2 tsp salt.
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Add dry ingredients gradually to apples and make sure they are well mixed in.
You can also add 1 cup of chopped walnuts (remember, I used almonds along with the cardamom. You can also make this cake without the starter-it's just as scrumptious).
Grease and flour a 10" tube pan. Spread mix into pan and bake 350-375 degrees for about 1 hour until cake tester comes out clean/top springs back after a light touch. Cool on wire rack.
This cake was very good the first day I made it, but as the days went by the taste really developed an apple-cinnamon headiness that was divine.
Thanks, BB!!