One Bowl Apple Cake - Birthday Cake

Delicious Fall Apple Cake 

I love the fall and the smell of apples cooking in the oven.

I wanted to make an apple cake for my family who is visiting to celebrate my birthday
and my daughter-in-law's dad's birthday.
This all makes sense to me...
We are celebrating my birthday and Tom's.
We both have the same birth date, just not the same year!

I found this recipe earlier in the fall, and saved it for a special occasion.
(I found it on facebook shared with Jean Dodd.)
This was it!

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 heaping tsps. cinnamon
• 1/2 cup oil
• 6 medium Gala or Fuji or Honey crisp apples
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsps. baking powder

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Ina large bowl mix the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and oil

Peel and slice the apples and add to mixture in bowl, coating as you go to keep the apples from turning brown.

Mix together the baking powder and flour and add to the  ingredients in the bowl.

Mix well until all of the flour is absorbed by the wet ingredients.

Pour mixture into greased two 9" round pans.

Bake for approximately 55 minutes.

Printable Recipe: One Bowl Apple Cake

 The ingredients are simple, but when combined and baked,
 are packed with flavor.
This cake is moist and rich and perfect for fall baking when apples
are just harvested.

In a large mixing bowl add eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and oil.

 Mix together.

 Peel and slice the apples.

 Add apples to mixture in bowl as you go
 to keep apples from turning brown.

 Mix together baking powder and flour and add to bowl.
Mix thoroughly until all the flour is absorbed.

Pour mixture into greased 2- 9" round baking pans.

 Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes.

 I added a delicious frosting.
I added 1 tsp. of cinnamon to a ready made can of vanilla frosting.
I warmed it up for a few seconds in the microwave and
then drizzled it over the cooled cake.

 Ready to serve!

How Do You Like them Apples?

• Apples are a member of the rose family of plants, along with pears, peaches, plums and cherries. 
• Apples come in all shades of red, green and yellow. 
• Most apples are still picked by hand. 
• Americans eat more apples per capita than any other fruit (fresh and processed combined). In 2012-13, Americans ate an average of 15.9 pounds of fresh apples, and 28.4 pounds of processed apples (juice, cider, sauce, etc.), for a combined total of 44.3 pounds. (Source: USDA Economic Research Service)
•  The world’s largest apple peel was created by Kathy Wafler Madison on October 16, 1976, in Rochester, N.Y. It was 172 feet 4 inches long. (She was 16 years old at the time, and grew up to be a sales manager for an apple tree nursery.) (Source: Guinness World Records)
• A medium-sized apple has about 80 calories. Apples are fat-free, sodium-free and cholesterol-free.  And they taste great, too! Apples are an excellent source of fiber; one medium apple contains 5 grams of fiber, including the soluble fiber pectin. 
• Pilgrims planted the first U.S. apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
• A standard-size apple tree starts bearing fruit 8-10 years after it is planted.

Fun Facts

 This is our family celebrating at Texas Roadhouse for lunch.

After lunch, I took my grandsons to the mall to ride the bear.

So much fun!