{"id":24541,"date":"2018-10-22T06:19:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=24541"},"modified":"2019-11-26T19:14:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:14:17","slug":"anniversary-apple-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/22\/anniversary-apple-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary Apple Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24542\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/22\/anniversary-apple-cake\/annivapplecakeweb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AnnivAppleCakeweb.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AnnivAppleCakeweb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AnnivAppleCakeweb.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24542\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AnnivAppleCakeweb.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AnnivAppleCakeweb.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AnnivAppleCakeweb.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joe likes apple cake, so for our anniversary on Friday I broke out the springform pan and got busy! This is about the time of year when I start to experiment with cakes and pies for Thanksgiving &#8211; you could call this a dress rehearsal of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>What I like about this cake is it&#8217;s mostly apples with not a lot of batter. There&#8217;s only a quarter cup of sugar in the batter, which is good news for those of us who are watching our girlish figures &#8211; unless we add a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side, then all bets are off!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tablespoons butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>6 1\/2 tablespoons milk<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup + 1 tablespoon flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>pinch salt<\/li>\n<li>6 Granny Smith apples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 400\u00ba. Spray an 8&#8243; springform pan, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the butter and milk.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt and add to the wet ingredients until just combined.<\/li>\n<li>Peel the apples, quarter and core them. Slice them on a mandolin, or as thin as possible with a knife. As you&#8217;re slicing, add apples to the batter to keep them from browning. Pour into the prepared springform pan, and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe likes apple cake, so for our anniversary on Friday I broke out the springform pan and got busy! This is about the time of year when I start to experiment with cakes and pies for Thanksgiving &#8211; you could &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/22\/anniversary-apple-cake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[1239,3187,1053],"class_list":["post-24541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-apples","tag-cakes","tag-thanksgiving"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6nP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42016,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/11\/20\/provincial-french-apple-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":24541,"position":0},"title":"Provincial French Apple Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"November 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I've made dozens of apple cakes, and I gotta say that this is the best one - hands down! 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