{"id":6202,"date":"2012-01-17T07:33:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T12:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=6202"},"modified":"2019-11-25T21:44:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T02:44:42","slug":"apple-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovin&#8217; From The Oven &#8211; Apple Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?ssl=1\"><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-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1\" 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\" title=\"Food-Header-1\" 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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mrs.Crankipantskitchen2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/mrs-crankipantskitchen-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mrs.Crankipantskitchen2.jpg?fit=640%2C759&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,759\" 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=\"Mrs.Crankipantskitchen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mrs.Crankipantskitchen2.jpg?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mrs.Crankipantskitchen2.jpg?fit=640%2C759&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6235\" title=\"Mrs.Crankipantskitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mrs.Crankipantskitchen2.jpg?resize=576%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mrs.Crankipantskitchen2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mrs.Crankipantskitchen2.jpg?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>It was freezing cold on Sunday, and I wasn&#8217;t in the mood to venture out. I was bored and decided to get my domestic groove on. Clean the grout in the bathroom? Nah. Dust the chandelier? Pfft. Just then, I spied a bowl full of Granny Smith apples on the dining room table. I was thinking about making an apple pie, but then I remembered that I lent all the butter I had to <strong>Paula Deen<\/strong>. Poor thing can&#8217;t bake anything that isn&#8217;t going to require a quadruple bypass after two bites. What to do?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So I perused the interweb for an appley type dessert I could make <em>sans beurre.<\/em> As luck would have it, Deb over at <a href=\"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/2012\/01\/apple-sharlotka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Smitten Kitchen<\/strong> <\/a>had a recipe for <strong>Apple Sharlotka<\/strong> &#8211; a simple apple cake made from flour, sugar, eggs, apples, and vanilla. I threw on my <em>&#8220;Valley of the Dolls&#8221;<\/em> DVD for background noise and got busy. An hour later, this little gem emerged from the oven! It was <em><strong>GEWD<\/strong><strong>!<\/strong><\/em> Okay, step away from the computer, go into your kitchen and make this cake. <strong>Now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If God didn&#8217;t make little greens apples,<em> thanks to whoever did!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/applecake31.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/applecake3-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/applecake31.jpg?fit=640%2C397&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,397\" 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=\"applecake3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/applecake31.jpg?fit=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/applecake31.jpg?fit=640%2C397&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6204\" title=\"applecake3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/applecake31.jpg?resize=640%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/applecake31.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/applecake31.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was freezing cold on Sunday, and I wasn&#8217;t in the mood to venture out. I was bored and decided to get my domestic groove on. Clean the grout in the bathroom? Nah. Dust the chandelier? Pfft. Just then, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[95,1238,401,4],"tags":[1240,1239,1243,1244,3667,3673,1242,1241],"class_list":["post-6202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glorious-food","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-mrs-crankipants","category-news","tag-apple-cake","tag-apples","tag-bake","tag-dessert","tag-food","tag-mrs-crankipants","tag-paula-deen","tag-smitten-kitchen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-1C2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6507,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/02\/08\/potato-chip-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":6202,"position":0},"title":"Potato Chip Cookies","author":"Mrs. Crankipants","date":"February 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"You heard right folks, Potato Chip Cookies, the perfect combo of sweet and salty! Paula Deen finally returned the butter she borrowed a few weeks ago, poor thing hasn't been the same since she got smacked in the head with a frozen ham a few years back. 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The only way to improve it, would be to toss a handful of cranberries in the mix!\u00a0 3\/4 cup +\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lovin' from the Oven&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lovin' from the Oven","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/lovin-from-the-oven\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FrAppleCake.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FrAppleCake.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FrAppleCake.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24388,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/09\/24\/one-bowl-apple-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":6202,"position":3},"title":"One Bowl Apple Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"September 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Who says you don't have time to bake? 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Given the sudden drop in temperature, this apple cake was spectacular, slightly warm with a cup of coffee.\u00a0 1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lovin' from the Oven&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lovin' from the Oven","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/lovin-from-the-oven\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OneBowlAppleCake.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OneBowlAppleCake.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OneBowlAppleCake.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21140,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/04\/apple-cinnamon-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":6202,"position":4},"title":"Apple Cinnamon Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's apple season, and an apple cake is in order. 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