My neighbor brought over a most delicious cake last year for Christmas. It was moist and sweet with wonderful spices that was great for breakfast or dessert. I wanted to recreate that cake. I found some recipes, and then added some ingredients and took others out until I found the right blend. My favorite part is that it tastes like a German sweet bread that my mom makes every Christmas, but it is so much easier.
The cake is relatively easy to make, it just has a few bowls to hold the separate ingredients.
Apple Mix
- 2 apples, chopped thin
- 2 Tbspn sugar
- 2 Tbspn cinnamon
Cinnamon and Spices Topping
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbspn flour
- 2 tspn cinnamon
- 1 tspn ginger
- 1/2 tspn cloves
Cake Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 tspn salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tspn baking powder
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tspn vanilla
- 1/2 cup butter, melted (1 stick)
Directions
- Get three mixing bowls, one for the apple mix, one for the cinnamon topping and one for the cake batter.
- Grease 2 loaf pans and preheat the oven to 350°
- BOWL #1: Peel and slice the apples, into tiny thin slices and put in a small mixing bowl.
- Add the sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
- BOWL #2 In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter and add the brown sugar and other spices and mix well.
- Bowl #3 (I used my stand mixer)
- Add the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder and mix together.
- Pour the milk, eggs, vanilla and melted butter and start mixing slowly so nothing splashes out.
- Fold the apple mixture, BOWL #1, gently into the cake batter.
- Pour the cake batter into the greased loaf pans.
- Spoon the cinnamon topping, BOWL #2, gently onto the top of the cake batter in the loaf pans.
- Using a toothpick, draw figure eights and swirls to marbelize the the cinnamon and cake mixture together.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean – If you are using a mini loaf pan, bake for 25-30 minutes
