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Our property with its remnants of a gnarly old orchard provides apples, apples and more apples. With three trees of different varieties we’ve had apples since mid-July. Kind of like zucchini, what can I do next with this stuff? People see me coming with a large bag and they run – the first three bags were fine, but enough already.

Raw Apple cake featuring lots of raw apples is one way to go. Even if you don’t have apples in the backyard, they’re in season right now and you can make this with any tart apple. A large, moist and fruity cake, it lasts for days, (gets older and better) and is good for birthdays – if needed you can serve 15 with this. It’s the perfect wake-up call in the morning with coffee, or it goes fancy with cream cheese frosting and birthday candles. Today the candles are for Roz. Happy Birthday sweetie – we’re glad you were born.

Raw Apple Cake is easy to make:

4 cups coarsely grated apples

2 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil

3 cups flour

2 tsp. soda

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

Beat eggs/ Add sugar & oil/ Mix in dry ingredients & blend well/ Finally, add apples and mix thoroughly/ Bake at 325º for about an hour in a greased & floured Bundt pan

I had this hair-brained idea about the cream cheese frosting. I’d just made a batch of applesauce and thought I’d experiment with a combination of cream cheese, a little cream, powdered sugar, and APPLESAUCE. It worked out , we loved it and I used more of our growing collection of apple product.

Raw apple cake has been a family birthday favorite for years now. On one of our first dates I asked my husband if he’d like me to bake him a cake for his birthday. Definitely, he said, raw apple cake. The cake has lasted and so have we – we more worn around the edges than the cake, but it’s all delicious.