Washington State Apple Cake Recipes

WASHINGTON APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat first 6 ingredients and 1/2 cup sour cream in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in apples.
• Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup fluted tube pan.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 5 min. or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 15 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.
• Whisk sugar, 1 tsp. water and remaining sour cream until blended; drizzle over cake. Let stand until glaze is firm.

WASHINGTON STATE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Beat sugar and eggs together. Ad oil, orange juice and vanilla. Blend well. Mix flour, baking powder and salt together and add gradually to the sugar mixture.
• 2. Grease and flour lightly a Bundt pan or 10 inch tube pan. Mix together the ingredients for the filling: Apples, cinnamon,sugar, walnuts and raisins. Pour half of batter in pan and add filling on top
• 3. Cover with remaining batter. Bake at 350' for 50--60 minutes. Check for doneness. Enjoy !
• 4. You might want to top this cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar or your favorite glaze. My favorite is a light cream cheese glaze.

WASHINGTON APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl beat the eggs on high speed with a hand mixer until mixed well , add the sugar and oil and beat well.
• 2. Mix the flour , cinnamon ,soda and the salt together and add to the creamed batter. Add the vanilla and walnuts or pecans.
• 3. Butter a 13x9" pan and spread the sliced apples on the bottom ; Pour the batter over top of the apples and spread out evenly to cover all the apples.
• 4. Bake @ 350° for 1 hr. or until tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Top should be a pale golden and apples should be tender. Remove from the oven and let cool ; frost with cream cheese frosting.
• 5. For the cream cheese : beat the cream cheese and the butter until smooth ; add the powdered sugar and lemon juice and beat until smooth and creamy.

WASHINGTON STATE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine apples, water and lemon juice; cook over medium-low heat just until apples are tender. Remove from the heat and cool (do not drain). , Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, combine sugars, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt; add apples and toss to coat. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim even with rim. Add apple mixture. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Cut slits in top. , Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 350°; bake until golden brown, 35-45 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack.

WASHINGTON APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Butter a 9x13" cake pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs at high speed until thick and light in color.
• Combine sugar and oil and beat into eggs.
• Stir together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
• Add to egg mixture along with vanilla.
• Stir in nuts.
• Spread apple slices in bottom of buttered cake pan.
• Pour batter over apples, spreading to cover.
• Bake at 350 degrees 1 hour or until top is pale golden and apples are cooked.
• Remove from oven.
• Cool cake in pan on wire rack.
• When completely cool top with cream cheese icing.
• Cream Cheese Icing:.
• Beat cream cheese until fluffy.
• Beat in 1/4 c melted butter.
• Stir in 1-3/4 c confectioners sugar and 1 tsp lemon juice.
• Spread over cooled cake.

WASHINGTON APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9x13 inch pan. Spread apples evenly over the bottom of the pan.
• Beat eggs with mixer until thick and light. Combine sugar and oil and add to eggs.
• Stir together flour, cinnamon, soda and salt. Add to egg mixture and beat in. stir in nuts and vanilla. Batter will be very thick.
• Spread batter over apples in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool. Spread with Cream Cheese Icing.
• To make Cream Cheese Icing: Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in 1/4 cup melted butter, then beat in confectioners sugar and lemon juice. Spread over cooled cake. Refrigerate.

APPLE SHARLOTKA

Steps:

• 1 Position a baking rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees
• 2 Generously butter a 9-inch springform pan, line it with a parchment paper circle, and lightly butter or spray the circle
• 3 Peel, quarter and core the apples
• 4 Slice each quarter across into 1/4-inch thick pieces
• 5 In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, or in a large bowl if using a handheld mixer, beat the eggs, sugar and salt on medium-high speed (high speed for handheld mixer) until thick and ribbony, about 5 minutes
• 6 Beat in the vanilla extract and cinnamon
• 7 Using a fine-mesh sieve, gradually sift a third of the flour into the egg mixture, then gently fold with a spatula until just combined and no flour streaks remain
• 8 Repeat twice with the remaining flour
• 9 The batter will be very thick
• 10 Place half the apples in an even, compact layer on the bottom of the pan
• 11 Cover with half the batter and use an offset spatula to spread the batter evenly over the apples
• 12 Repeat with the remaining apples and batter
• 13 Gently rap the pan a few times against the counter to get rid of air bubbles, and transfer to the oven
• 14 Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out free of batter and the top of sharlotka is golden brown
• 15 Let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then gently run a butter knife around the perimeter of the cake to loosen and carefully remove the sides of the pan
• 16 Using a fish spatula, gently transfer the cake to a serving platter and let cool completely
• 17 When ready to serve, dust sharlotka with the powdered sugar and cut into slices