So, sometimes I'm funny about fruit in my food. Don't get me wrong - I love fruit. Fresh fruit....by itself....un-touched by other kinds of foods. If I'm eating chocolate, there better not be a hint of orange. If I'm eating meat, I better not find a pineapple lurking. If I'm having cheesecake, keep it pure and strawberry-free. (PS - sometimes when I pretend I'm going to become a world-famous chef, it's this road block that reminds me it will never happen.)
But this weeks' recipe didn't worry me. I know I love apple pie....so I figured I'd like this apple cake. However..........however.....I LOVED this apple cake. LOVE. Like TruLuv4Evah. It's so different than you'd expect - it's super heavy on the apple, light on the cake....and the "cake" part is so moist and so....well, almost custard-y, that it stops acting like a cake and just acts like this happy blanket cuddling up with all the apple chunks.
The recipe calls for rum, something I don't have nor did I want to (aside from the whole pregnant and Mormon thing, I just do NOT like the flavor of rum). So, I used a lot of vanilla instead...like 2 tablespoons of vanilla...and maybe a little heavy cream. PS - I love vanilla. Vanilla could probably stop world hunger and fix the Middle East crisis and still be home in time for dinner. Dorie says to use 4 different kinds of apples. Large apples. A few of mine were more medium, so I actually used 5 apples...which turned out to be a good thing since one of them was so bruised I could I only use about half of it. I chose Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Macintosh, and Fuji. Aren't they pretty?
And then I peeled them....aren't they....naked? (see that big Red Delicious?...Who knew under that dark red skin was lurking the grossest of bruises...)
And then I chopped them up....aren't they...........chopped?
And then I cooked it up. (My first experience with a spring form pan, which I had to borrow - thanks, Tami!)
And then....then I cut me a slice....
And THEN....then I introduced it to Blue Bell's Natural Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.....
And then, friends.....then I died. *sigh* ....Then.I.Died.
And then, friends.....then I died. *sigh* ....Then.I.Died.
Verdict: If none of my other recipes have encouraged you to buy this cook book, please know this recipe alone will be worth the cost.
6 comments:
Ok. I think you've convinced me. I will be asking for this cookbook for Christmas. (I'd buy it before then but we're moving and I wouldn't want to lose track of it before I got to use it!)
Yum! Looks perfect with that Blue Bell!! :)
à la mode. very nice!
I loved this cake too and agree that it's worth buying the book just for this! It was definiltey TruLuv4Evah at first bite, haha.
Great pics! I loved it too - especially the amount of apples!
I didn't make this in time to post with the other FFWD bakers but I just made it last Sunday and HOLY COW! It was amazing.
I too did lots of vanilla instead of rum and loved it.
Now if I could only get my hands on some Blue Bell ice cream out here in Utah.
Yours looks nice.
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