I love those never-fail recipes. The ones that don’t need laboratory-grade precision. The ones that let you throw everything together and have them still turn out perfectly. This easy-mix cake is one of those.
It was the basis for our almost-easy-mix spicy-topped apple cake of a few weeks ago. There’s since been some demand for the easy-mix cake, the one that contains egg, and so here it is.
It’s off limits to those who can’t eat egg (sorry), but there’s always the almost-easy-mix cake for them. You’ll see from the photos that they are almost identical. We still use a sprinkle of sugar and cinnamon across the top give a tasty, crusty substitute for icing. It’s always been well received, and no one has ever thought they were missing out.
The Fiesta Friday crowd seems to gather people from everywhere, so I’ve brought this cake and the almost-easy cake (the one without egg), so everyone can have a piece. Thanks again to Angie, our ever-so-gracious hostess, and her equally gracious co-hosts, Saucy @Saucy Gander and Margot @Gather and Graze.
The easy-mix apple cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups of self-raising flour
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 eggs
- pinch of salt
- ⅓ cup of oil (replaces 4 ounces of butter)
- 1 old, floury apples
- ½ cup of milk (dairy, oat or soy milk)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- topping: sugar and cinnamon
Directions
- Peel and core the apple. Finely chop enough of it to make about a cup of chopped apple.
- Mix everything together except the topping.
- Pour the mix into a 20 centimetre cake tin and sprinkle liberally with the sugar and cinnamon. You almost can’t have too much sugar, within reason, because this mix takes the place of icing.
- Bake it for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees C (350 F).
- When it’s cooked, let it cool in the tin before transferring to a plate for serving.
Notes
Source: Only slightly modified from the ‘easy mix cake’ in the Australian Family Circle’s Favourite Cake Recipes, Murdoch Books: Sydney, 1991.
Looks yummy!!I love when baking is so easy and you don’t have to pay too close attention to it!
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Oh yes, thank you. We all need the ridiculously simple option sometimes.
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APPLE CAKE. Perfect topping as well as I’m not crazy about icing 🙂 thank you!
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So glad you like it. Thanks for dropping by. (And I usually try to avoid icing, too)
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yum!! Thanks for sharing! Happy FF!
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So glad you like it. Enjoy your weekend.
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I love about and thing apple! Thank you for a recipe that can be put together in a short amount of time. Happy Fiesta Friday!
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You’re so welcome. Thanks for stopping by.
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Just love this recipe and that it is so easy! 🙂
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Thank you.
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I love apple desserts and I like finding new apple recipes, since I have a little apple tree! Thanks for sharing, looks delicious & love that it is easy 🙂
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Oh, aren’t you the fortunate one. We have an apple tree, but it doesn’t yield too well. Thanks for stopping by.
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Looks delicious:-)
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Thank you.
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Love the simplicity of this no-fuss cake. Will definitely give it a try, an added bonus that you don’t have to make a mess in the kitchen 🙂
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Oh yes. Anything that avoids mess is good. Have a good weekend.
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Family Circle recipes like this one are utterly fantastic… so well tried and tested and a pleasure to both bake and eat (especially with the crispy sugar and cinnamon topping) – thanks so much for sharing and bringing this along to Fiesta Friday today! We have such a beautiful array of food to indulge in already! Cheers, Margot
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Thanks for dropping by.
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😀 Glad to meet another fan of he family circle cookbooks! We have an ancient copy of their recipe encyclopaedia, and it’s never let me down! 🙂
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Oh yes. There’s some books that are always reliable. This is one such series. I think my mum has a few more, but I only ever got the cake one.
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This cake looks so moist, and how good does the sugar cinnamon topping look? I can see this becoming a trusty go-to recipe in our house. Thank you for bringing this to Fiesta Friday, and I hope you are enjoying the party (and the dress-up this week)!!
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Thank you for the compliments. It’s far too easy for the kudos you get from it, that’s for sure.
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I love fruity cakes and this is such a beautifully simple recipe. Thanks for sharing this 🙂
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You’re so welcome. Thanks for dropping by.
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I wonder what it means that I’m Pinning all deserts today? Desserts spelling backwards is stressed. That’s probably why.
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I hadn’t ever noticed that – and we’re a household of people who play with words. Thank you.
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Superb apple cake. Thanks for bringing this wonderful recipe to the party.
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Thanks for stopping by to chat
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Apples, sugar and cinnamon… such a great combination. I’m with you on the fail-safe recipes. Every home should have a good handful of those 🙂 Happy FF and have a great weekend.
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Thank you. So glad you like the look of it. Enjoy your weekend.
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Love it love it love it :).
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Thank you so much.
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looks wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you.
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Super delish looking and pretty too!
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Thank you.
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The cake looks so good, I would love a slice! 🙂 And it doesn’t seem to complicated (that can only be a good thing!) 🙂 Recipe saved!
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Thank you – here’s the last slice now. I can’t wait to see how your turns out.
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Yumm! It looks great!
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Thank you so much.
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Mmmm I love apple pies/cakes!
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I have to agree with you on that one: apple is pretty good.
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