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Unfussy Apple Cake Recipe
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Unfussy Apple Cake Recipe

10 ingredients Serves about 12. openrecipes
Unfussy Apple Cake Recipe

A deliciously unfussy and relatively healthy apple cake recipe. Red-skinned apples punctuate a buttermilk batter and a final sprinkling of sugar before baking lends a nice top crust.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

934
Calories
28g
Protein
26g
Fat
147g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Wheat not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sweet, crisp red apples, cut into 1/4 cubes (peel on)
  • 2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 tablespoon aluminum-free baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup dark Muscavado sugar (or other fine-grain natural cane or brown sugar), lump-free
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled a bit
  • 3 tablespoons large grain sugar

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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