MAMA GARMAN'S APPLE CAKE recipe! (Patreon)

Many of the Garmy have asked for the recipe that changed Eddie's world!

So here you go!

INGREDIENTS:

 6 cups peeled thinly sliced apples (about 3 large apples or 6 small apples)

1 cup sugar

4 teaspoons cinnamon

3 cups flour, sifted

1 tablespoon baking powder

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

4 large eggs

1 1⁄2 cups sugar

1⁄2 cup light brown sugar

1 cup oil

1⁄2 cup orange juice

2 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla

DIRECTIONS:

Mix apple slices with cinnamon and 1 cup sugar; set aside.

Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl; set aside.

Beat eggs with 1 1/2 cups sugar and light brown sugar.

Alternately add the dry ingredients and the oil to the wet ingredients, then add the orange juice and lastly the vanilla and beat for 1 minute.

Pour 1/3rd of the batter into a greased and floured tube pan.

Layer 1/3rd of the apple slices and nuts over the batter.

Repeat with layer of batter, then apples and nuts, then batter, then final layer of apples and nuts.

Drizzle the cake with a bit of the remaining cinnamon-sugar "syrup" from the apple bowl.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/4 hours or until tester comes out clean.

Allow cake to cool in pan on wire rack for 20-25 minutes, then turn cake out onto wire rack to cool completely.

IF YOU WANT TO GLAZE THE CAKE:

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)

1/4 cup butter (4 tablespoons, melted)

2 to 4 tablespoons milk (or hot water, for desired consistency)

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

Gather the ingredients.

Sift the powdered sugar into a medium-sized bowl.

Add the melted butter, 2 tablespoons of milk or hot water, and the vanilla to the powdered sugar. Stir to blend.

Beat until smooth and creamy, adding a little more milk or hot water if necessary to reach desired consistency.

Drizzle the finished glaze over cooled cake. 

(Cool the cake completely before glazing with icing.)