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Old Fashioned German Apple Cake

Old Fashioned German Apple Cake

CAKE:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup walnuts, chopped
4 cups apples, peeled & grated

FROSTING:
1/4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup milk
1 cup butter
16 ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour three 8" cake pans.

Mix together flour, cinnamon & baking soda. Mix together oil, sugar &
eggs; add to flour, stirring well. Blend in walnuts & apples. Pour into
pans & bake 20-25 minutes or until tester inserted in the middle of cake
comes out clean. Cool.

FROSTING:
Combine together granulated sugar & cornstarch. Add milk gradually while
stirring; add butter. Cook in a double boiler, stirring constantly
until thick. Cool mixture.

In mixing bowl beat the cream cheese, vanilla & powdered sugar until
creamy. Add cooked mixture to cream cheese. Put frosting between each
layer of cake. Top 3rd layer of cake with frosting & decorate with
remaining frosting.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 9424 Calories; 653g Fat (61.0%
calories from fat); 114g Protein; 826g Carbohydrate; 28g Dietary Fiber;
1451mg Cholesterol; 4746mg Sodium.
Exchanges: 14 1/2 Grain(Starch) ; 10-1/2 Lean Meat; 4-1/2 Fruit; 1
Non-Fat Milk; 123-1/2 Fat; 34 Other Carbohydrates.

Source: Country Cooking In Illinois 1993

posted by Kate @ 7:24 PM