{"id":2249,"date":"2013-09-19T09:19:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tracyleekarner.com\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2020-10-06T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T23:21:47","slug":"my-signature-apple-nut-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/2013\/09\/19\/my-signature-apple-nut-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"My Signature Apple-Nut Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2260\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dsc_00042.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2260\" alt=\"Homestyle Goodness, with a bit of wholesome thrown in for good measure. \" src=\"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dsc_00042.jpg?w=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homestyle Goodness, with a bit of wholesome thrown in for good measure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To meet my <em>signature<\/em>\u00a0requirements a dessert must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have fruit;<\/li>\n<li>Be easily put-together from ingredients I always have on hand;<\/li>\n<li>Not need an electric mixer or any other whiny-noisy appliance;<\/li>\n<li>Be requested by family members\u00a0so often I <em>almost<\/em> get tired of making it;<\/li>\n<li>Induce guests to ask for the recipe;<\/li>\n<li>Be amenable to my sneaking in 30-40% whole wheat flour without anyone noticing that I&#8217;ve healthied up our dessert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>This Apple-Nut Cake serves 10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup <a title=\"King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kingarthurflour.com\/shop\/items\/king-arthur-white-whole-wheat-flour-5-lb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">white whole wheat flour<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 medium apples, peeled and diced (any variety, preferably local, and if possible, one sweet and one tart)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 stick (8 tablespoons) salted butter, melted and cooled slightly<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts (walnuts, or pecans, or almonds, or butternuts, or even peanuts), preferably whatever is local to your area, or whatever has been recently on sale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.<\/li>\n<li>Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.<\/li>\n<li>Stir together apples, sugars, butter and egg in a large bowl to blend.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, combine flours, cinnamon and baking soda. Sift over apple mixture, add nuts and mix thoroughly (I like to use a sturdy fork).<\/li>\n<li>Transfer mixture to prepared pan and smooth out with a spatula. Bake for 40 minutes until brown and crusty on top. Cool cake in pan on rack.<\/li>\n<li>Slice and serve (with ice cream, whipped cream or caramel topping if the occasion or mood calls for something extra-decadent).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To meet my signature\u00a0requirements a dessert must: Have fruit; Be easily put-together from ingredients I always have on hand; Not need an electric mixer or any other whiny-noisy appliance; Be requested by family members\u00a0so often I almost get tired of making it; Induce guests to ask for the recipe; Be amenable to my sneaking in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/2013\/09\/19\/my-signature-apple-nut-cake\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Signature Apple-Nut Cake<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[334,335,403,487,890,967],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}