Here’s one great way to make use of apples that nobody wants to eat because they are not sweet enough. I got the recipe off Costco’s The Costco Connection and made some changes to it to suit my taste. The original recipe has a caramel glaze which goes with the cake so check out the original recipe if you’re interested in the glaze. It was definitely worth my time and 6 un-sweet apples disappeared in 2 days after waiting for some attention for more than 2 weeks. MMMmmm..look at those apple chunks and nut slices. Drooool…

Apple Cake

Ingredients:

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

3 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

6 red apples - cored and peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes

1/4 cup crushed walnuts

1 cup sliced almonds

2 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1 banana (optional) - cut into 1/2 inch thick rings

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Butter and flour a 9 inch baking pan.
2. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
3. Beat the sugar and oil in a bowl till well blended.
4. Add the egg one at a time into the sugar mixture. Beat well after each addition then add the vanilla and continue beating.
5. Add the flour mixture into the sugar mixture, mixing until just blended.
6. Stir in the apples and nuts. The mixture will be rather thick.
7. Use a spatula to pour the mixture into the pan and scrape the sides. Press the banana slices slightly into the top of the cake.
8. Bake for about 50 - 70 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. It took me about 90mins.
9. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or on its own.