Dessert Recipes - Fresh Apple Cake Recipe

Ingredients 

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 tsp ground nutmeg

• 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 2 eggs

• 4 cups finely chopped, pared apples

• 1 cup Kellogg's All-Bran cereal or Kellogg's Bran Buds cereal

• One 3-oz package cream cheese, softened

• 1 Tbs margarine or butter, softened

• 1 tsp vanilla flavoring

• 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

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Method:

1. Stir together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Beat the 1/2 cup margarine and the granulated sugar.

2. Beat in eggs. Stir in apples, cereal and flour mixture. Spread in greased 9 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.

3. Bake at 350°F about 45 minutes or until done.

4. To make frosting, beat cream cheese, the 1 Tbs margarine and vanilla. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth. If frosting is too thick, add 1-2 tsp milk. Spread on cooled cake.

Variations: In place of Kellogg's All-Bran cereal, use 2  cups Kellogg's 40% Bran Flakes cereal. Or crush 1 1/3 cups Kellogg's Cracklin' Bran cereal to coarse crumbs.