German Apple Cake

I'm German. Apples are one of my favorite fruits. I LOVE cake. Therfore, I thought a German Apple Cake would be a delicious treat for my favorite Physical Therapists and Aides. I wanted to dazzle their tastebuds. I was assured by everyone that this recipe did just that. I have tried a few different recipes in the past for apple cake, but this one is by far the best. I think the vegetable oil was the winning ingredient because it made the cake very moist.

German Apple Cake
from All Recipes

Ingredients
2 eggs
1 cup Vegetable Oil
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 cups apples - peeled, cored and diced

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour 13x9 inch pan. In a large bowl, beat oil and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla then beat well.

In a medium bowl; combine flour, salt, baking soda and ground cinnamon. Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick. Fold in the apples by hand using a wooden spoon. Spread batter into pan.

Bake for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool cake on wire rack. Once cake is done cooling serve with a dusting of Confectioners' sugar. Eat for breakfast or dessert!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

One of my cousins turned two about a month ago. Her parents decided to throw her a birthday party. Since I had been doing so much baking this year I wanted to bake a chocolate chip cookie cake for the b-day girl. Everyone (almost) loves a chocolate chip cookie, so who wouldn't love a GIANT chocolate chip cookie? However, my cousin wouldn't let me because she had already a cake from a bakery with Dora the Explorer on it. I know my family well enough to know that half of them wouldn't touch a cake lathered in sugary frosting, so I asked her if I could bring the cake for the non-frosting lovers. At first she said NO, but then we realized that the day of the party was another cousin's actual day of birth. This gave me an excuse to make him a cake since he's a non-frosting lover! With the help of a great friend Laura we made a DELICIOUS Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake. It was so good in fact that it disappeared while there were still pieces of the frosting lathered cake left, much to my cousin's dismay. So, if you want to make a cake for your children's birthdays or any other reason, I highly recommend it. Plus it's more fun to do and it's probably less money. The extra effort to bake instead of buying is worth it too!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
12oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 13x9 inch pan. Cream together butter and shortening. Add sugars and beat well. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well to combine evenly. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Use a beater to stir into butter mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Scoop batter into pan and spread to within 1 1/2 inches of sides.

Cover with plastic wrap and chill in fridge for one hour. Remove wrap and bake in oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool in pan. Decorate with icing. Party away!

Gooey Butter Cake

One night my mom came home from working RAVING about a dessert one of the other doctors brought in. It's called Gooey Butter Cake and her friend got the recipe from Paula Deen. She told me that it was absolutely delicious and that she had a few pieces throughout the day. For my mom to have more than one piece of a dessert in a day is saying a lot! Plus, I know that Paula Deen can do no wrong in the kitchen. So after she told me about the dessert I decided I would have to give it a shot. I decided it could be the next treat that I would bring into Physical Therapy with me.

Gooey Butter Cake
Taken from the delightful Paula Deen

Ingredients

Cake
1 box yellow cake mix
1 egg
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Filling
1 8oz package cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 16oz box powdered sugar

Directions
Combine cake ingredients and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13x9 inch pan.

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla, butter and beat together. Next add the powdered sugar and mix well. Spread over cake batter.

Bake for 40-50 minutes. The center should be a little gooey when done. Share with friends and family!