{"id":5269,"date":"2025-07-29T00:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:26:31","slug":"cinnamon-apple-cake-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/cinnamon-apple-cake-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CINNAMON APPLE CAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>When December rolls around, one thing becomes inevitable: fruit cakes popping up in every store like holiday-themed confetti. And honestly? Even one fruit cake is one too many for me. Something about their gummy texture and mysterious mix-ins doesn\u2019t spark any holiday joy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s Foodie Extravaganza theme? Yep, fruit cake. I nearly bowed out of the challenge, but then I had a delicious idea: why not reinterpret fruit cake in a way I\u2019d actually want to eat? So I did. I swapped candied mystery bits for juicy apples and warm spices, and the result? A cinnamon apple cake that disappeared almost as fast as I made it. (Okay, I shared generously\u2014but my family didn\u2019t hold back either.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If traditional fruit cake makes you cringe, I think this cozy, fragrant cake might win you over. Scroll to the end of this post for 8 more fruit cake creations that reimagine the genre.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ingredient Quantity<\/p>\n<p>Butter, softened \u00bd cup<\/p>\n<p>Brown sugar \u00bd cup<\/p>\n<p>White sugar \u00bd cup<\/p>\n<p>All-purpose flour 2\u00bc cups<\/p>\n<p>Oat flour 1 cup<\/p>\n<p>Eggs 2<\/p>\n<p>Salt 1 tsp<\/p>\n<p>Baking soda 1\u00bd tsp<\/p>\n<p>Ground cinnamon 3 Tbsp<\/p>\n<p>Ground ginger \u00bd tsp<\/p>\n<p>Unsweetened applesauce 2 cups<\/p>\n<p>Diced apples 3 cups<\/p>\n<p>Chopped pecans 1\u00bd cups<\/p>\n<p>Powdered sugar 1 cup<\/p>\n<p>Milk 2 Tbsp<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla extract 1 tsp<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C).<\/p>\n<p>Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>Cream together the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.<\/p>\n<p>Beat in eggs one at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Stir in salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and ginger.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually add both flours and mix until fully incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>Mix in the applesauce.<\/p>\n<p>Gently fold in the apples and pecans.<\/p>\n<p>Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for 50\u201360 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.<\/p>\n<p>While cake cools, whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Adjust consistency with more sugar or milk as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer glaze to a piping bag (or a zip-top bag with the corner snipped) and decorate cooled cake.<\/p>\n<p>Slice, serve, and watch it disappear!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When December rolls around, one thing becomes inevitable: fruit cakes popping up in every store like holiday-themed confetti. And honestly?&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"CINNAMON APPLE CAKE - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"When December rolls around, one thing becomes inevitable: fruit cakes popping up in every store like holiday-themed confetti. And honestly? Even one fruit cake"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5271,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions\/5271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}