Delightful Apple Cake

The Apple Cake recipe sounded so good (and so easy) that I decided I’d give it a try! We cut and peeled 2 large Fuji apples, then I chopped them fine in the mini Cuisinart, yielding 4 cups. The recipe is ridiculously easy once you get through the tedious process of chopping the apples. If … Continue reading

Apple Cake

In the past we have had Apple Sauce Cake, Fresh Apple Cake, and an Applesauce Loaf from 1955. Today we have another Apple Cake, this one featuring fresh apples that have been diced. I imagine diced small would be best, maybe 1/4″ pieces. It also seems very easy and might find its way into my … Continue reading

Pineapple Pound Cake

Another pineapple dish, although this one for some reason sounds like it would be pretty good. With so much butter, milk and eggs, this will be a very rich dessert. It seems like the type of cake you might find at a cocktail party sliced into 1/2″ wedges. This is also another one of the … Continue reading

Applesauce Loaf 1955

Gram had an applesauce cake recipe that required that the applesauce be drained, but this one does not do that. The loaf may be very moist and delicious. I date this to 1955 because there is another recipe on the back of this that has a date. The applesauce loaf was clearly the desired recipe … Continue reading

Brandied Fruit Cake

Can there ever be too many recipes for fruit cake? I think not! On Thanksgiving I gave my dad two fruit cakes I had made and he was delighted! He loves his grandmother’s fruit cake, and it didn’t hurt that I had basted it with whiskey for a week. While this recipe does not call … Continue reading