Delicious Apple Dessert Cake made from a decades-old recipe.

My mom has been making this Old Fashioned Apple Dessert Cake for as long as I can remember.  Each year on our birthdays, my mom would let us pick the kind of cake she would make for us, and this was always the one my sister picked.  It's that delicious.

 This is a really easy recipe, and it's quick to make.  The sauce may seem like an excess of fat, but it really makes the cake stand out.  Without the sauce, the cake is still good, but with the sauce the cake is amazing!

You can use any kind of apples.  I used Gala apples, which caused my cake to be a bit darker in color.  If you want a lighter colored cake, either peel the apples first, or use a green apple.

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📖 Recipe

Yield: 12

Old Fashioned Apple Dessert Cake

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Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

• ½ C butter, softened (1 stick)
• 2 C sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 C flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 C grated apple, (about 3 medium apples)
• 1 C chopped nuts

For the Sauce

• ½ C butter, (1 stick)
• ½ C milk or half & half
• 1 C sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or rum flavoring

Instructions

1. Spray a 9 x 13” pan. Preheat oven to 350˚.
2. Mix all cake ingredients together. It’s a stiff batter.
3. Spread into pan.
4. Bake for 40 minutes.

For the Sauce

1. Bring all ingredients to a boil while stirring.
2. Serve warm over cake.

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