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Apple Cake with Secret Ingredients

You won’t believe what’s in this moist, oh-so-yummy apple cake! (Shhh – don’t tell the children!)

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 2 c. flour
  • 16 oz. sauerkraut, rinsed well and squeezed dry, chopped finely
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 green apple, peeled, cored and coarsely grated
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 c. vegetable oil

Cream Cheese Icing

  • 16 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 c. confectioner’s sugar
  • 3 1/2 T. heavy cream
  • 2 T. grated orange rind
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Set aside.
  3. Mix sugars together; whisk in eggs and then oil until blended.
  4. Stir in sauerkraut, apple and nuts.
  5. Add flour mixture and stir until moistened.
  6. Spoon into greased and floured 9″x13″ pan.
  7. Bake about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  8. When cool, spread with cream cheese icing.
  • Author: Gloria Miller