Farmers Market Apple Pecan Cake

Farmers market apple cake is a great fall dessert.  This cake uses 3 cups of delicious sweet golden delicious apples so it is extremely moist.  Apples this time of year are sweet and delicious so try to find some golden delicious apples or Pink Lady apples at your local farmers market or family apple tree.  My mother-in-law brought me a bushel of golden delicious apples this week so I prepared this apple cake.  The toasted pecans and King Arthur White Whole Wheat flour packs this cake with protein and fiber.  Try this cake for your next family movie night or school bake sale.

Farmers Market Apple Pecan Cake
Pre-Heat Oven:  325 degrees
Makes:  12 servings

Apple Cake:
3 cups golden delicious or pink lady apples, peeled and shredded
1 cup lightly toasted peans, chopped
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 cups King Arthur Whole Wheat White Flour or all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups organic cane sugar
1 1/4 cups canola oil
3 eggs

1.  In a mixer with the paddle attachment, add the oil and sugar together and beat until combined.  Add the eggs one at a time and beat well between each addition.  Add the cinnamon, vanilla, baking soda, salt, chopped pecans, shredded apples and flour and mix until all the ingredients have been incorporated.

2.  Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until tester comes out clean.  Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes.  Then turn the cake out on a plate and allow to finish cooling.

Farmers Market Apple Pecan Cake Cooling

Honey Glaze:

1 cup confectionary sugar

3 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons none fat milk

In a medium size bowl, mix the powder sugar honey, vanilla and fat free milk together with a wire whisk until glaze is smooth.  Pour the glaze over the cake after the cake has cooled.

Whisking the Honey Glaze

Farmers Market Apple Pecan Cake