Raw Apple Bread
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:18am

Ingredients




1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 tsps. baking powder
1 1/2 tablespoons sweet or sour milk
1 cup coarsely ground or finely chopped unpeeled raw apples
1 tablespoon tsp vanilla or 1  rum
1/2 cup broken nut meats
Vanilla Glaze:
1 cup powered sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1 Cream the butter, then cream in the sugar til light and fluffy.  2 Beat in the eggs one at a time if mixing by hand: add both at once if using an electric mixer.   3 Sift the dry ingredients together.  If mixing by hand, add the egg mixture alternately with the combined milk, flavoring, apples, and nuts.   4 With a mixer, put them all in together, turn the spatula while turning, just long enough to mix.  Do not over mix.  5 Turn into a well greased loaf pan or into aX 9 inch greased and floured square pan.   6 Bake in a 350 degree oven about 35 minutes for the square pan, about 55 minutes for the loaf.   7 Test for springiness with a fingertip.  Let the cake cook in the pan on a rack for about 5 minutes, then loosen and turn out onto the rack to finish cooling. 8 Vanilla Glaze:  Combine the rest of the ingredients in saucepan and stir until a thickened glaze forms. Drizzle over the cake.

About


Often served as a tea bread but really sweet enough to be a cake.
Adapted From James Beard