Apple Cakey Goodness

Unlike many of my good intentions the past few weeks (like blogging), I actually followed through with the apple cake. After a dinner of delicious red beans and rice, Jesse peeled and chopped the apples while I prepped the batter. It's a straightforward cake and seems to be pretty forgiving -- I've not made a bad one yet! Jesse's mom passed along the recipe a couple of years ago, but I'm not exactly sure which cookbook it came from. It lives in my recipe binder with a note at the top, "AWESOME!"

The ingredients are pretty basic, flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and cream cheese. I think the cream cheese is what makes it extra delicious and dense. Oh, and of course the apples. The recipe calls for two, but I usually throw in an extra one, because I like my apple cake appley. The only problem? It bakes for an entire hour and fills the apartment with a delicious cake smell. It took all of our strength not to dig in 5 seconds after it came out of the oven. We waited 5 minutes instead and indulged in piping hot slices. Yum!

Jesse will be in San Francisco this week and weekend, so I'll have the cake all to myself! Don't worry though, I'm pretty sure he ate his fair share over breakfast this morning and will pack a cake snack for the quick plane ride down to California.