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Washington Apple Cake

Washington Apple Cake Recipe

My mother in-law gave me this recipe this past Christmas. The cake is wonderful and the icing well lets just say it takes the cake!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: < 4 Hours, Apple, Dessert, For Large Groups, Fruit, Low Protein
Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Servings: 1 Sheet Cake
Calories: 454.5kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 5 medium apples, peeled cored and thinly sliced

Icing

  • 6 ounces cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

  • Butter a 9x13" cake pan and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat eggs at high speed until thick and light in color.
  • Combine sugar and oil and beat into eggs.
  • Stir together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
  • Add to egg mixture along with vanilla.
  • Stir in nuts.
  • Spread apple slices in bottom of buttered cake pan.
  • Pour batter over apples, spreading to cover.
  • Bake at 350 degrees 1 hour or until top is pale golden and apples are cooked.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Cool cake in pan on wire rack.
  • When completely cool top with cream cheese icing.
  • Cream Cheese Icing:.
  • Beat cream cheese until fluffy.
  • Beat in 1/4 c melted butter.
  • Stir in 1-3/4 c confectioners sugar and 1 tsp lemon juice.
  • Spread over cooled cake.

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Nutrition

Serving: 119g | Calories: 454.5kcal | Carbohydrates: 53.4g | Protein: 4.2g | Fat: 26.2g | Saturated Fat: 6.4g | Cholesterol: 54.2mg | Sodium: 219.6mg | Fiber: 2.6g | Sugar: 38.2g