Making an Apple Cake!!!!!! :)

This time, in the recipe book, "Country Kitchen Collection: Fruit Basket" by Anna Nicholas, from a wide variety of different kinds of recipes, I have decided to make an "Apple Cake." The book states that, “This type of cake is most popular in Scandinavia and produces a wonderful moist fruitiness because the raw apples are enclosed and cooked within the cake mixture ensuring that the maximum flavor is retained. It keeps well but is guaranteed to fly off the plate so fast that the probable of keeping it is never likely to arise.”

The recipe from the book is:

            “Core, peel and thinly slice 2lbs (1&1/3 quarts) cooking (baking) apples. Gently melt 8 oz (1 cup) butter and 8 oz (1 cup) castor sugar over a very low heat. Allow to cool slightly then gradually add 8 oz flour, stirring thoroughly all the while, and then 2 eggs. Mix in 4 tablespoons of sultanas and spread two-thirds of the mixture into the bottom of a well- greased cake tin. Place half the sliced apples on top of this, sprinkle the powered cinnamon, ginger, lemon juice and brown sugar. Cover with the remainder of the apples, a handful of chopped nuts and the rest of the cake mix. Bake in a moderate oven for about 1&½ hours, then test with a skewer. Bake a little longer, if necessary” (Nicholas 14).

            I’ve never really made an apple cake, so this was a new and great experience for me, though I didn’t know there was lemon juice in apple cake. I really enjoyed making this and would try it again, and it also tasted quite delicious. The part I most enjoyed was peeling the apples because of the satisfaction and the fact that I love apples. My question for you: Do you think it would be best to try and partake in new things more commonly or rarely?

This is me peeling the apple and also the first instruction of the recipe

This is me stirring in the flour into the butter, what I did after peeling and cutting the apple

This is the final step, heating and placing inside of an oven, serving after

Nicholas, Anna. "Pumpkin Pie." Fruit Basket. London: Grange, 1996. N. pag. Print.