The Apple Cake Collection

Ingredients: 2 lbs. apples, peeled, cored & sliced 1 cup plus 4 tbs. sugar 1 tsp cinnamon grated zest & juice of one lemon 4 eggs 1 cup oil (canola or safflower) 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract Preparation: 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F.  2. Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan.  3. In a large bowl, toss apple slices, 4 tbs. sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest & juice together and set aside.  4. In another large bowl, use a mixer or egg beater to beat eggs with 1 cup sugar until thick and lemon colored, and mixture forms a ribbon when beaters are lifted from the bowl, 3 to 5 minutes.  5. Beat in oil until well blended.  6. Stir in flour, baking powder, and vanilla with a spatula until well mixed and smooth.  7. Pour half the batter into the prepared pan.  8. Spoon half the apple slices over batter.  9. Pour remaining batter over the apple slices, then top with the remaining apple slices.  10. Bake until apples are tender, cake is golden brown and puffed, and top

Ingredients: 6 cups peeled, cored, sliced apples (use apples that are good for cooking) 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup hard butter, cut up Preparation: 1. Place apple slices in ungreased shallow 3L casserole dish. 2. Sprinkle granulated sugar over top. 3. Topping: In a separate bowl combine flour, brown sugar and salt. 4. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 5. Scatter evenly over apple. 6. Press down lightly, 7. Bake, uncovered, at 375° F (190° C) for about 40 minutes, until apple is tender. Enjoy hot or cold! Enjoy with a scoop of ice cream!  Source of Recipe: Sent in by Samantha via Postcrossing

Ingredients:   2 eggs 1¹/⁴ cup of oil  1 tsp nutmeg 1-1¹/² tsp of baking soda 1¹/² - 2 cups sugar 3 cups apples  3 cups of all purpose Flour  1-2 tsp cinnamon  2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp salt Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 350° F. 2. Grease and flour pan. 3. Beat together oil & sugar. Add eggs & vanilla. Blend well.  4. Add flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, & cinnamon. Blend well. 5. Fold in apples. Batter is thick.  6. Spread batter evenly into cake pan.  7. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until toothpick put in center comes out clean. Serve warm or cold You can freeze this cake. Cool completely. Wrap twice in plastic wrap, then in foil before placing in freezer to lock in moisture and prevent freezer burn. Source of Recipe: Sent in by emeraldcoast

Ingredients: 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp cinnamon dash of salt Juice of one lemon 6 cups thinly sliced peeled apples 2 tbsp butter Pastry for 9'' two-crust pie Preparation: 1. Heat oven to 425° F. 2. Prepare pastry. 3. Stir together sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and lemon juice; mix with apples. 4. Turn into pastry-lined pie pan; dot with butter. 5. Bake 40-50 minutes or until crust is brown. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Laura via Postcrossing

Ingredients: Dough: 250 g flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 150 g cold butter 6 tbsp cold water Filling: 4 large green apples 1 1/2 tbsp wheat flour 100 g sugar pinch of salt 1 tbsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 packet vanilla sugar grated lemon peel butter flakes Preparation: 1. Mix together flour with salt, sugar and cinnamon. 2. Cut cold butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture with a knife till it resembles a crumble texture. 3. Add cold water and knead to a dough. 4. Place in the fridge for one hour. 5. Peel and core green apples and cut into thin slices and then mix with wheat flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, lemon juice and vanilla sugar into a bowl, then add some grated lemon peel and mix well. 6. Roll out 2/3 of the dough and lay onto a greased pie-dish (23 cm) and gently push up the sides to form the edge. 7. Add apple mixture. 8. Roll out the rest of the dough, cut out some star shapes and place over the apples. 9. F