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    Apple Picnic Cake


    Source of Recipe


    Marla

    List of Ingredients




    'Apple Picnic Cake'


    This moist cake travels well and can be iced in the pan for easy outdoor serving. Decorate with red and blue jelly beans, red licorice, blueberries and blueberry preserves for a patriotic touch!


    Cream together:
    1/2 cup solid shortening (Crisco)
    2 cups sugar
    2 eggs

    Add:
    1 tsp. vanilla
    4 cups diced Granny Smith apples (peeled & cored)
    1 cup chopped walnuts
    1/2 cup golden raisins or dried cherries

    Sift together and stir in:
    2 cups flour
    2 tsp. baking soda
    1 tsp. salt
    1 tsp. cinnamon
    1 tsp. nutmeg


    Frost with: Fluffy Cream Cheese Icing

    Beat until light:
    1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, at room temp.
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 tsp. vanilla

    Fold in 1 1/2 cups whipped cream or whipped topping.

    Recipe





    Pour batter into a greased & floured 9x13 cake pan or 2, 8" rounds. Bake at 325 degrees 45 minutes - 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from pan and let cool.



 

 

 


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