Apple layer cake

Cake
1.5 cup sugar
2 c flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
touch of fresh ground nutmeg
2 tsp soda
4 lg. or 6 sm. eggs
1.5 c oil
2 cups grated apple

grease three round pans
mix all dry ingredients
beat eggs and oil together
add to dry ingredients and mix well
mix in apples
bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes

i use these special contraptions that your wrap around the pan to make the care bake without a bump in the middle. i highly recommend these things - they are great. if you have uneven layers you must even them with a bread knife and put the crumb end facing the filling.

Filling - Apple curd
3 cups diced apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 stick of butter
2 egg yolks

cook apples, butter and sugar until dissolved and cooked through
add egg yolks and cook until thickened

cool cake and filling
assemble cake with filling between layers.

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Buttercream

2 large egg whites
1.5 cup sugar
1.5 sticks of butter
2 tsp cinnamon

combine egg whites and sugar in heatproof blow of an electric mixer placed in simmering water. Wisk until the mixture is 160 degrees.
beat until stiff peaks form. add butter one tablespoon at a time. add cinnamon and bet until smooth

ice cake with buttercream


This was a great cake! This is my mom's carrot cake recipe - i just used apples instead of carrots. I always get compliments on the carrot version - so i figured this would work.