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Posted October 17, 2015
APPLE TIME IN TENNESSEE
Photography by Vicki H. Moss
This is what happens when a friend says, "The apples are in on the mountain. You have to come so we can go."
After Kathy and I have gathered in our bounty, we then take a favorite recipe called "Black Walnut White Chocolate Cake," add winesap apples to the mix and voila...we've created the new "Winesap Apple Black Walnut White Chocolate Cake" to stand tall, proud, and deliciously decadent on a discontinued Fostoria Ruby Red cake stand.
But first -- do we make a chic "naked cake?"
No. We're not into chic. We're into a cake that is fully dressed. Bring on all the icing that can be scraped from the bowl. We will not be cheated of our icing.
Then we make a topping with spiraled apple slices that haven't been peeled so they will match the cake stand. Then luscious blackberries are tossed on to tempt even the most fervent of those who vow they're on a diet. We then add a few stunning white roses to finish off a masterpiece before partaking of our intoxicating creation. Pure and simple. And we have no guilt or shame when taste testing the results. Enjoy the recipe.
Winesap Apple Black Walnut White Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients:
1/4 pound white chocolate
2 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
4 egg yolks
2-1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped black walnuts
1 can angel flaked coconut
4 egg whites, stifly beaten
1 medium Winesap apple, diced very small pieces
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Instructions:
Melt white chocolate in 1/2 cup boiling water and cool. Cream
butter and sugar well, add egg yolks one at a time and cream
well after each. Add chocolate mixture. Mix dry ingredients.
Add dry ingredinets, alternating with butter milk. Add vanilla.
Mix in coconut and nuts. Fold in egg whites. Bake in three
greased and floured 9 inch pans. Bake at 350 degrees for
approximately 30 to 35 minutes or until tests done.
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Frosting:
2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese
2 sticks butter
2 boxes of powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cup chopped black walnuts.
Cream together cream cheese and butter. Gradually add powdered
sugar and mix well. Add vanilla and black walnuts. Put cake
layers together with lots of frosting and then frost sides and
top. Refrigerate. Best if sets overnight before serving.
Comments anyone?
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