From the founding of Jamestown to the time of Washington and Jefferson, every plantation owner made cider, drank cider, and bragged about his cider.
Mary Margaret Shelton's Apple Cake
This is a rich, moist cake that is a great favorite in the Shelton family. Use any of the Winesap varieties, Virginia Gold, Pippins or other tart flavorful apples in this cake.
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups cooking oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 tsp. cloves
- 1-1/2 tsp. soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3 cups grated or finely chopped, pared and cored apples
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 1 cup chopped nuts (black walnuts preferred)
Glaze
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
Directions
- Beat together oil, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Sift together flour, spices, soda and salt, and mix thoroughly into sugar/egg mixture. Fold in apples, nuts and coconut.
- Pour into a greased tube or bundt pan and bake at 325 degrees for 75 minutes.
- While cake bakes, make glaze by mixing milk, brown sugar and butter in a saucepan. Boil two or three minutes.
- When cake is done, remove from oven. Pour glaze over cake. When cake is cool, remove from pan.
