Dad's Apple Fritters

My mom was famous when I was in high school.  Well, at least her apple cake was.  We'd have bake sale fundraisers on Fort Leavenworth to raise money for band.  Her apple cake was "To Die For."  I'm pretty sure there were a couple of guys that raided the bake sale and bought up all her apple cake only to ask for more.

The best part of the apple cake?  It's SUPER easy.  The hardest part was cutting the apples.

Fast Forward about 15 years (give or take . . . ).  We attempted to support River Fest this year.  We went out on Wednesday and ate yummy fair food and sat next to one of "The People of Riverfest" at the Montgomery Gentry concert.  And Frank promised to take me to fireworks last night.  Well, we got there to listen to some Red Dirt (gotta love my redneck husband;) and chill before the fireworks.  We'd even saved some food tickets for a funnel cake.

Well, rain is not our friend.  It is important for the farmers but it closed the funnel cake stand (and the rest of the Riverfest) just as we got there.  BUMMER!!  And the Braum's we got as alternative last night just didn't hit the mark.  (But if you get a chance, their new chocolate flavors are pretty yummy!).

This morning I woke up with the sun (and the dog) and was craving some baked good.  Really, something with apples.  So I got online and looked up Chocolate Covered Katie - she always seems to have something to curb the sweet tooth that I don't feel guilty about.  But the Apple Pie Pancakes just didn't look good enough and had ingredients I don't have.  Then I googled.  Nada.  Well, nothing that looked good.

Then, it hit me.  Mom's Apple Cake.  That'd make some pretty fantastic fritters!  So I cut down the recipe and got out my ice cream scoop and cookie sheets and made the cake in fritter form. Perfect breakfast, right here!  Yum!!


Here's the recipe:
Mom's Apple Cake:

2 c. sugar 

3 c. flour

1/2 t. salt

2 t. soda 

(I added about 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and 1/2 tsp of nutmeg)

3/4 c. Crisco Oil (I used apple sauce)

2 t. vanilla

2 eggs, beaten

2 c. nuts

4 medium red delicious apples, chopped fine

Mix dry ingredients well. Stir in oil with vanilla, and beaten egg. Add apples and nuts. Makes very stiff batter. Grease and flour 9 x 13" pan. Pat mixture in with hands. Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes.

Glaze

Mix together 1-1/3 c. powdered sugar and some milk with a few drops of vanilla, to a consistency of thin syrup. Pour over while hot.

For Dad's Apple Fritters:

After mixing dough for Mom's Apple Cake, put about 1/2 c of dough on a cookie sheet.  These baked in about 15 minutes - bonus for the small ones!!!