Thursday 20 October 2011

Cake Slice Bakers October 2011 – Apple Cake with Maple Frosting




It’s October and in the Cake Slice Bakers that means it’s the month when we welcome new members and start baking from our new book, which we continue to bake from once a month for a year. I’m pleased to tell you that our new book is The Cake Book by American author Tish Boyle published by John Wiley and Sons 2006. I’ve owned this book since it came out and although I have a lot bookmarked I’ve not managed to get round to baking from it until now, but I’m very much looking forward to trying some of the lovely cakes from this book.



Our starting cake is a really nice one for this time of year – Apple Cake with Maple Frosting. It’s a slightly spiced cake batter which has peeled and chopped Granny Smith apples and chopped walnuts folded through it before baking. The frosting is a cream cheese number that is again lightly spiced and also has some maple extract.



I liked the cake and the frosting, the maple extract gave a sort of butterscotch Angel Delight taste to it, or at least the one I remember as being so beloved from my childhood. I had the maple extract in my cupboard having needed it for another American recipe, that I’ve not managed to get round to yet, but I will… I ordered it from Ebay one day a little while ago.



Can’t wait to see what next months’ one is, but in the meantime I’m off to see some of the apple cakes from my fellow bakers here on the Cake Slice Bakers blogroll.



Next Review Up: Rachel Allen Easy Meals

10 comments:

Nickki said...

That looks like a delicious cake! the maple icing sounds amazing xx

Please Do Not Feed The Animals. said...

Loved the butterscotch Angel Delight!
That maple extract will probably be really useful - I could see me using it for a lot of things - rather partial to maple syrup.

Maria♥ said...

This cake looks so yummy!!

Maria
x

Anonymous said...

Your cake looks delicious! I like how you can see the apples peeking out in the picture with the cake in the pan.

Brownieville Girl said...

Looks delicious Kelly-Jane.

I loved the banana Angel Delight - proper guilty pleasure!!

Emily said...

Yes! This is a great cake! Love that frosting of yours!

Anne said...

Looks yummy especially with all that delicious frosting on!

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