MAPLE APPLE WALNUT CAKE

There are certain classes that you have to take in high school to graduate.  Some classes you remember even when you get to be my age, and then there are those classes like Geometry that you forget the minute you leave school.  Unfortunately, then you have children who get to that class and ask you to help them with their homework because dad isn’t home at the moment.  Yikes!


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I took one look at her problems and wanted to cry. After figuring out a few on our own, we had to do a FaceTime call with my hubby for help with the rest.  Plotting points and figuring out endpoints and lengths with the Pythagorean theorem is just not in my memory banks.

He explained it pretty well over the phone and I think both of us got it. After that homework session my brain hurt so bad, so dessert was a must that night. Homemade chocolate chip brownies always help in any situation. Am I right?


The extent of my math memory is really just simple basic addition. Things like angles, lengths, points, and planes have been forgotten long ago.

I prefer to rely on using my basic math skills in the kitchen for working with ingredients. A few weeks ago I figured out that apples + walnuts + maple frosting = the best darn fall cake you will ever have!

It’s just how my mind works. Dessert math always works out for me. Well, most of the time anyway. We won’t talk about the few failures that end up in the garbage

Ingredients

• For the Cake
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup applesauce
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon maple extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons apple pie spice
• 4 cups diced Crunch Pak apples
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts, divided
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup golden raisins
• For the Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon maple extract
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
• 4 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with nonstick spray.
2. Beat the sugars, applesauce, eggs, and extract.
3. Stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, and apple pie spice. Slowly beat it into the sugar mixture.
4. Stir in the apples, 3/4 cup walnuts, and raisins by hand. Spread in the prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes. Let cool completely.
5. Beat the butter, cream cheese, and extract until creamy. Slowly add the powdered sugar, spice, and heavy whipping cream until mixed in. Then beat on high for 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
6. Spread on top of the cooled cake. Sprinkle with the remaining nuts. Cut into 24 squares.

thanks done share recipes to : https://insidebrucrewlife.com/2017/08/maple-apple-walnut-cake/

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