Teddie's Apple Cake

By Amanda Hesser

Updated August 26, 2015

  • Jim Wilson/The New York Times
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Total Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Rating
5(3,969)
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In a modern world of Cinnamon Hot Pockets and Pecan Pie Pringles, apple-picking is one of the few agricultural rituals we can all still get our hands into. This cake — a classic from 1973 — is a godsend to anyone who has overloaded at the pick-your-own orchard or overbought at the farmers’ market. Like many simple cakes, this one uses neutral oil that lets the fruit flavor come through, rather than show-offy butter.

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Ingredients

Yield:8 servings

  • Butter for greasing pan

  • 3 cups flour, plus more for dusting pan

  • 1 ½ cups vegetable oil

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 3 eggs

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

  • 3 cups peeled, cored and thickly sliced tart apples, like Honeycrisp or Granny Smith

  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

  • 1 cup raisins

  • Vanilla ice cream (optional)

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Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)

108 grams carbs; 67 milligrams cholesterol; 957 calories; 33 grams monosaturated fat; 15 grams polyunsaturated fat; 6 grams saturated fat; 56 grams fat; 4 grams fiber; 479 milligrams sodium; 10 grams protein; 66 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch tube pan. Beat the oil and sugar together in a mixer (fitted with a paddle attachment) while assembling the remaining ingredients. After about 5 minutes, add the eggs and beat until the mixture is creamy.

  2. Step 2

    Sift together 3 cups of flour, the salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Stir into the batter. Add the vanilla, apples, walnuts and raisins and stir until combined.

  3. Step 3

    Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan before turning out. Serve at room temperature with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

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mjSVCA (Part 2 of 2)

...and the list.

RECIPES CALLING FOR 2 TO 2 ½ CUPS OF FLOUR USE:

4 (6x3x2-in.) mini-loaf pans
1 12-muffins tin (2 1/2x1 ¼-in. ea. muffin)
2 (8x4-in.) loaf pans
1 (9x5-in.) loaf pan
1 (10-in.) springform pan
1 (10-in.) tube, kugelhopf, or Bundt pan
2 (10-in.) deerback loaf pans
1 (9x13-in.) baking pan
2 (8x8-in.) baking pans
2 (9-in.) layer pans
1 (10-in.) fluted deep quiche pan
2 (8x12-in.) fluted baking pans
2 (3-cup) heart molds

Robert

I am SO OLD, I have this recipe snipped from the original 1973 NYTimes pasted onto a recipe card! Bar none - the BEST apple cake you'll ever make!

Catalina

And reduce the sugar to at least 1 1/2 cups. Way to much sugar, like many American cakes.

Becky

I used 1 1/2 cups AP flour and 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour. I used 1/2 cup raisins and 1/2 cup craisins. I used 1 "kids lunchbox container" of unsweetened apple sauce and then filled measuring cup with oil up to the 1 1/2 cup mark. 1 hour 15 min is about 4 minutes too long. you could probably cut the sugar a little bit.

Mary

so yummy but i didn’t have a tube pan or a bundt pan so i used a loaf pan and then my cake totally fell apart. so maybe if i have the correct pan it will work right?

Phairgrrl

I make this once a week. I use half the sugar and replace half the oil with unsweetened applesauce, and replace half thew flour with whole grain flour. it's the best!

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