Last weekend, we donned our masks and headed to the local apple orchard. It was a beautiful day and we were able to pick a variety of apples. After arriving home, I scrolled through a few YouTube videos to find new and unique apple recipes that I hadn’t tried before. I stumbled across this video and realized that I had the cookbook with the exact recipe on my kitchen shelf. I had purchased the cookbook many years ago when visiting Georgia. We had just eaten in Paula Deen’s restaurant and I picked up the cookbook in the souvenir shop on my way out of the building.
I hadn’t tried this recipe until I watched Paula pull all of the ingredients together to make a dense, moist, scrumptious looking cake.
Wow, this cake does not disappoint! I’ll be making it all season long!
In fact, I took the opportunity to bake it again for a birthday celebration. This cake travels well. I packed it up in a cake carrier and I’ll sprinkle it with extra powdered sugar before serving.
Here’s the link for the Paula Deen recipe.
You’ve got to try it!
Georgia Fresh Apple Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups divided sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons divided baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 °F. Generously grease a tube pan.
For the cake: in a large bowl, combine 2 cups sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract; and mix well. Fold apples, coconut and pecans into batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce: Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in 1 cup sugar, buttermilk and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
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Thanks for your response, Sheree.
One of the best cakes I’ve ever tasted…
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Now I’m going to have to try it!
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Sounds good… let me know how it works out for you.🍁🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃
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I baked it today! I love all desserts with apples (I do not consider apples as fruits, they are desserts :)). I loved it except for I want to try to do a little bit less sugar (maybe total 2 cups instead of 3) and I less of vegetable oil. Do you think it will work without affecting quality?
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I agree that the recipe could use a reduction of sugar. The first time I made it, I omitted the sauce and the cake still tasted great! Thanks for your ideas, Hetti… Your comments are always appreciated! Have a good day…😊
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I do not want to give up the sauce entirely, it leaves that thin frosting, which tastes delicious, But I might use less sauce next time though:). Great recipe, I will bake it again!
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I agree, the sauce is great but cutting down the amount sounds like a good idea. 😊
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OK, the funny story as a follow-up. Since I live alone, and you can’t make a half of a bundt cake, I was giving away some of it to my mom, older son, neighbors… Last night, I met my neighbor by the mailbox, and he is: Hettie, when you are going to make this cake next time? I am: I’m glad you liked it! I will make it again. Yea, I could not stop eating! Just one thing: next time, could you put less calories in it? 🙂
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Haha! What a lovely story… thanks for sharing! I would guess that you will be reducing the sugar the next time you make this delicious cake.😊 Have a great weekend!
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I did… I did reduce sugar and fat in both the batter and the sauce… not a lot, but I have to admit, it’s not exactly the same. My Mom said it was delicious though:). I still have to check with my neighbors – I dropped off a couple of slices yesterday.
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I agree that the cake has a lot of sugar, I haven’t tried to cut the level back but I try not to make the cake too often. Just for special occasions… when I made it for a co-worker’s birthday, the recipe was requested by all. It’s a really great cake but has to be eaten in moderation. 😊
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And you can’t stop eating it, that’s the problem :). It was a special occasion this Saturday, indeed :))
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