Apple Dapple Cake for Across The Pond Sew Along

Remember that I picked APPLES

for this month's Across The Pond Sew Along?

{Okay, I didn't actually pick any apples, but you know what I mean...}

When I chose APPLES,

I planned to share one of my favorite

apple recipes with you,

and now...I give you Apple Dapple Cake.

My grandma gave me this recipe many years ago,

but I never tried it until about 10 years ago.

Now it's one of my favorite cakes in the whole world.

{Sometimes Grandma knew me better than I knew myself.}

I LOVE that I've still got my recipe card, 

handwritten by Grandma herself.

I miss her every day!

Are you ready for some Apple Dapple Cake pictures?

{I can't resist including my Quilty Fun apple blocks!}

Here's all the stuff you need for the cake part.

{There's also a yummy topping that I'll show you how to make.}

I like using my vintage Pyrex bowls

for making old-fashioned goodness in my kitchen.

Look how many apple slices

I got, just from those 4 MacIntosh apples!

Here's the recipe,

so you can try it yourself.

It's very easy to make

and my husband pronounced it DELICIOUS!

Apple Dapple Cake

Cake Ingredients:

4 cups thinly sliced apples

1 cup cooking oil

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. cinnamon

3 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. vanilla

Optional:  1 cup chopped nuts

Peel and slice the apples and set them aside.

In a large mixer bowl, combine oil, eggs and sugar.

Add baking soda, cinnamon, flour, salt and vanilla,

and beat until completely blended.  Batter will be thick.

Fold in the sliced apples, mixing into the batter.

Pour the cake batter into a greased 9 x 13" cake pan.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes at 350 degrees,

until edges are golden brown and a toothpick tests clean.

Topping:

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup milk or cream

1/4 cup butter

For topping, combine ingredients in a small saucepan

and melt them together over low-medium heat.

Bring to a boil while stirring,

and allow to boil for 4 minutes.

Pour topping over warm cake.

Lastly, put the cake pan, with topping, on the upper shelf in the oven,

and broil to let the topping bubble, just for about 1 minute,

or until it turns golden.

Remove from oven and let cool at least partially,

before serving.

Tastes great warm or at room temperature,

with or without creamy vanilla ice cream!

Enjoy your apples this month,

and show us what you've made in the Flickr group.

By the way...
did you notice my mug rug, serving up the apple cake?
It's actually a little bit bigger than a mug rug...
more like a placemat, or a mini quilt.

This little quilt is available for sale here in my eamylove shop on Etsy.
Even the back shows off the elaborate quilting.

{I love the pear green backing, Dandelion Girl by Fig Tree Quilts.}

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Quilty Fun Sew Along - Apples!

What a coincidence that the same theme

I chose for this month's Across The Pond Sew Along

was the very first block of the 

Quilty Fun Sew Along!

APPLES!

{I had fun making this multi-purpose block!}

Not only is the Quilty Fun book filled with great photos,

but it shows every step of the way

for making fun and fabulous quilty projects.

There are lots of great diagrams and drawings.

You can only buy it at the Fat Quarter Shop,

you know.

The Quilty Fun Blog Tour

lets us use the book to make

a whole new quilt from the same blocks featured in the book!

I wasn't sure I would like my apple core block,

because I wanted to use a pale print,

but my background is white.

I think it turned out just dandy, though,

with the gray print for the inside of the apple.

I'm going to be using lots of prints

from Lori Holt's Bake Sale line for Riley Blake,

but I'll mix in other fun fabrics

from my bright stash, too.

I hope to add a dash of black to each block,

to add some definition and rhythm.

Note the little black stems for the apples.

 This particular block was fun and easy to stitch.

One reason was that I use a cool tool,

called The Angler 2, created by Pam Bono.

This tool eliminates the step

of drawing stitch lines onto

all of those tiny squares!

It's sew easy to use.

{You can even find videos, like this one,

to demonstrate how to use it.}

I'm a little bewildered about joining

yet another sew along with weekly projects,

but one block is sooooo much more doable

than a bag or a quilt in one week.

I'll join in as often as I can with Quilty Fun.

I hope to finish the entire quilt at some point.

It's going to look really cute in my kitchen someday!

I sure hope you'll join along!

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