Originally Posted by Alondra

Would you please post the recipe for the Mandarin Orange Cake?

Originally Posted by quiltinggirl

I'm not sure I know what recipe you are talking about, but thought I would give you another one to try! :)

This recipe has been in my family for 4 generations and it is to die for!!

Fresh Apple Cake

INGREDIENTS
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
4 cups chopped apples

DIRECTIONS
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar and apples, set aside. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.

2. In a large bowl, stir together the oil, eggs and vanilla. Add the apples and sugar, mix well. Stir in the dry ingredients, then the nuts. Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly.

3. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until cake springs back to the touch.

4. Ice with Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/8th cup half & half
1 ½ cup powdered sugar
1 pkg cream cheese softened
3 tablespoon butter
½ tsp vanilla


YUMMY!!!!

Originally Posted by JudyG

I think I can help you with the recipe, but not the icing as I have never put icing on mine. Mine is called "German Raw Apple Cake" and was given to me by my husband's grandmother, so I have had it for over 40 years. I do believe she put some type of icing on it years ago, but I never thought it needed it as it was so good without it. Hope this helps.

German Raw Apple Cake


4 c. chopped raw apples
1 c. chopped nuts
Place apples and nuts in a large bowl and sift over the top:
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
Mix well until apples and nuts are coated.
Add a beaten mixture of 2 eggs, ½ c. oil and 2 tsp. vanilla
Mix well until all ingredients are blended.
Bake in oblong pan, greased and floured, for 45 min at 350-375 degrees.

As an interesting sidenote, my husband submitted this recipe for a fire department cookbook many years ago, but when they printed it, they left out the sugar. Made for a lot of phone calls after the cookbook was published with my DH's name as contributor.

Originally Posted by Alondra

The cream cheese is 3 ounces or 8 ounces? You didn't mention if it was the small size or the large size.