Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2011

I am currently expecting and craving French Apple Pie. As having a whole pie/cake in the house would be dangerous, I made this for Thanksgiving to share...hoping there would be leftovers to carry home. I did use a 1/2 cup of raisins instead of walnuts as my family does not like nuts in their desserts. I stewed the raisins and used that hot liquid for the hot water required later in the recipe. I also thinned out the cream cheese icing to a glaze consistency. Next time I may add more apples as other reviewers have suggested. Thank you Marbalet for posting this recipe; as others have stated this is a great recipe for the pie crust challenged!

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Jessica Paige

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Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Havertown, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2011

Loved this one! Delicious and fast! I followed the other reviewer's comment and added 1/2 cup of golden raisins and it was great!

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deelnya

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2011

I seriously could have eaten the entire pan in one sitting. Muster up some will power before diving in.

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mominml

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Living In: Moses Lake, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2010

Great recipe!! I would have loved to have added the raisins but my husband said NO! Next time I'll slip some in. Very easy to make, easy to cut and absolutely delicious!!!! Thanks!!!

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Betty

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Rochester, New York, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2010

Delicious! It was a hit at a BBQ recently!

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alley81

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2010

F A B U L O U S! You will not regret trying this one!! :) Only thing I did different was I added dried cranberries instead of nuts. Absolutely loved this, so did my husband and 18mo old! :D Will make again and again I know it! :D UPDATE: I made this again today, but didn't add the cranberries! It is great both ways! I wouldn't change a thing about this recipe, and yes, it is comparable to a carrot cake, just with apples, but use the frosting, it compliments this cake perfectly! I was craving it ever since the last time I made it, so this is the 2nd time already in less than 2wks. LOL! Yes it is that good! :)

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Kaydell33

Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2010

Made this for easter, everyone raved about it! i let the topping stand by the warm oven so it was very easy to apply; i also put a ring of dried cranberries around the sides. Then we popped it in the fridge for it to set, after 5 hours it looked so gourmet. A lot of people compared it to carrot cake but with apples. and MUCH easier to make than carrot cake. i'm losing my taste for apple dishes but if someone requested an apple dessert, i'd reach for this recipe again. (i also didnt have nutmeg fo i used a 1/2 tsp of all spice, and i put the apples in after mixing everything else by SPOON. very thick batter.)

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NYSMILEZ

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2010

Wow, this is to die for! I read a lot of the reviews beforehand and added an extra cup and half of apples to make it less cake-like. It was still a little cake-like, but it had a fantastic taste. Definitely a company worthy dessert.

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Sugar8184

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2010

This is a cake however I think next time I will double the apples to see if its less cake like. That said it tasted quite good. I creamed the butter and sugar first then added the other ingredients and the apples were mixed in last. At 40min was done so suggest you keep a check on it. Would leave out the nuts next time was not a favourite here, also had no nutmeg so doubled the cinnamon only change I made. I used about 4 medium apples there. The cake came out dark was worried it was burnt but thats how it is supposed to be. Served with whipped cream did not make the topping will try next time.

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