An easy and delicious spicy apple cake with a creamy frosting. Great for apple-spice lovers!
Ingredients
- shortening: 0.5 cup
- brown sugar: 1 cup
- white sugar: 0.25 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- baking powder: 1 tsp
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.5 tsp
- milk: 0.5 cup
- apple, peeled, cored, and: 2 cups (chopped)
- shortening: 0.25 cup
- sifted confectioners' sugar: 2 cups
- ground cinnamon: 0.25 tsp
- pinch ground nutmeg: 1 piece
- evaporated milk: 0.25 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, cream together shortening, brown sugar, and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in chopped apples.
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Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
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To make frosting, combine 1/4 cup shortening, confectioners' sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Beat until light and creamy. Beat in milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired spreading consistency is achieved. Spread over top of cooled cake.