RFCJ RECIPE ARCHIVE
Posted by : Rina Perry Apple Coffee Cake - dairy
Source: From my mother with love & more. La'isha Magazine. Ingredients: 1 Cup Raisins 1 Cup Water 2 Tabls Instant coffee Put the ingredients in a small saucepan, bring to a boil. Cool, drain and keep water/coffee a side for later use. 2 Eggs 1/2 Cup Butter - I used Margarine with butter taste. 2 Cups Sugar 2 Tabls Vanilla extract 2-3/4 Cups Flour 2 Tabls Baking powder 1 Tabl Cinnamon 1/4 Teas Salt 3 Med Apples - peeled, cored and cut into small pieces. Topping: 3 Tabls Water 2 Tabls Cocoa 6 Tabls Sugar 1/4 Cup Butter 1/4 Teas Rum extract 1 Teas Vanilla extract 2 Tabls Broken walnuts for decorating. Directions: Mix in a bowl dry ingredients , Flour,baking, cinnamon and salt. In the electric bowl cream till fluffy butter + sugar .Then add the eggs one after another + 1 Tabl of flour. Add the rest of the flour + alternate with the coffee / water. Switch off , and add the raisins + apples. Mix well by hand. Pour over buttered 28 cm spring form bake pan, and bake in pre heated 375 F hot oven for 45 - 55 minutes till cake is set. Topping: Just before the cake is ready, put the water, cocoa, and sugar to a boil, and mix well. Take off the fire and blend well in the butter, rum and vanilla extract. Prick the top of the hot cake, pour the topping over the cake. Sprinkle the walnuts, and cool. I kept it for 3 days covered in the fridge, and served the cake at room temperature. Delicious. Enjoy. Rina. From my own collection.
