Today's recipe from Hunger No More: Food & Fellowship from the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is actually from my own church! St. Alban's has been serving DC as a free church for 157 years. (What's a free church, you may ask? Well, back in the day, most churches charged pew rent; St. Alban's never did, by design.)There's a book group at St. A.'s, and, like book groups the world over, it's at least partially fueled by food.
Book Group Apple Cake
3 large apples, roughly diced
2 cups sugar (I mix white and brown)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup raisins (soaked in brandy is nice, for adults)
1/2 cup chopped, pecans (optional)
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups unbleached flour (replace 1/4 with wheat germ for added nutrition)
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
a few shakes of ground cloves
1 tsp salt
Mix chopped apples with sugars, then add oil, raisins and/or nuts, eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients together and stir into moist mixture. Bake in a 9 inch square pan (or a tube pan) at 350F for one hour, or until done (test with a toothpick). Serves 12.
So named because our parish book group urged its inclusion in the cookbook. We don't know if the cake keeps well, since there's never any left.
Joyce Walker
St. Alban's, DC
To be honest, it's not the St. Alban's connection that made me include this recipe. No, it's the last sentence, the epic closing, that promise of cake so wonderful you'll never have a crumb left.
I dig a recipe with a promise.
I'll wager it keeps well -- so much of the cake is sugar and apples, it's just bound to be moist as all get out.
This week's daily reminder: you can order your own copy of Hunger No More and support feeding ministries in the DC area.
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