Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

Even thought I cut back on the sugar and oil this was still way too sweet and oily for me. Thanks, anyway for sharing.

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Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2009

A great cake - I made the recipe 3 times so far as it is written and it turned out great. I did have to watch the cooking time and I had to go the full time to get the middle done.

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Living In: Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

I just finished making and eating this cake. My entire family loved it! This is definitely going in my recipe rotation.

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NullSet

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Living In: Rochester, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2009

A very good recipe. I added 8 ounces of cream cheese for the frosting and then sprinkled cinnamon over the top to give it a little something special. Also, there is too much sugar in it for me so I cut it by a third and it was wonderful.

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aprimrose

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2009

I was in the mood for a good fall recipe when it started snowing for the first time this year in Iowa. This hit the spot; it was delicious. I had a lot of apples to use up, so I think I put in about 5-6 cups of apples. It still turned out well. Very flavorful and moist. The only change I made was: added about 1 t pumpkin spice, 1/2 t nutmeg.

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claire03

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Home Town: Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Living In: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2009

My fiance and I made this for an Oktoberfest party with cream cheese frosting and it turned out absolutely perfect! Everyone at the party loved it, it was a total hit! We will be making this again soon!

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AKI101

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Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2009

Delicious! I'm usually a box cake kind of girl so initially I was nervous making a cake from "scratch". Low and behold it was soo good. Everyone in my house loved it! I will say that I miss judged and took the cake out 5 mins shy of 50 minutes and the middle of the cake wasn't as cooked as the rest, but it was still very good! I will be making it for an Octoberfest come this sunday!

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Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2009

Wunderbar! Count me in as one of the raving lunatics who are crazy about this apple cake. I brought this to a going away party for a couple moving to Germany. It was the only dessert item on the buffet table. Everyone loved it! My daughter called it "simply amazing" (as she was snacking on the remains for breakfast the next morning). I made a few adjustments and I'll do the same when I make this again. I used half vegetable oil and half applesauce, as I do whenever the recipe allows. I also added 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice since I was a bit short on cinnamon. I didn't use the walnuts in the cake batter, but toasted them and sprinkled liberally over the frosting. Finally, I baked in a Bundt pan (sprayed and dusted with sugar.) Danke schoen, Michele!

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Living In: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA

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Reviewed: May 17, 2009

this cake recipe is a keeper and this is not the first time i've made it!! i actually screwed up this time and i was making it for my honeys birthday! I forgot to add the nuts, which i was using pecans because i was out of walnuts a rareity in itself, so i just chopped the pecans and put then on top which wasn't nearly as good as baked in and still the cake was gr8!! lol!! one of those "murphy's law" days!! all in all this cake is moist and fruity and delicious! a real treat!!

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floridatreasure1983

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Home Town: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Port Saint Lucie, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: May 12, 2009

Moist for sure, and I agree that it likely doesn't need the icing (everyone loved it here just the way it came out of the oven). If you find it too moist, perhaps try 4 cups of apples - peeled, cored and diced (as suggested by the recipe) rather than 4 cups of peeled, cored and diced apples (which is what I used). Sort of like the difference between one cup of whipped cream and one cup of cream, whipped (the latter equal to 2 cups of whipped cream of course).

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2009

Not a bad cake, but not outstanding or anything, as I would have expected based on the reviews. I agree with another reviewer that it wasn't exactly very "apple-y" - really, it was too sweet to even notice the apples much. Very moist and easy to make, but not a massive hit. Just good.

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Home Town: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Living In: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2009

Super Good! Try it!

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Shelby2222

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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2008

I liked it...it looked really good, but it was TOO sweet. Whenever I bake, the treats never last long in my house but this was different...my family didn't like it very much because of how sweet is was, but I personally liked it a lot. Wasn't much of an apple cake though...more of a sugar cake.

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Home Town: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2008

YUM YUM YUM...... This was so goooood. Very moist and was gone before I knew it..

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heather7399

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Living In: Lake City, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2008

Super recipe. I added coconut to the frosting, otherwise followed recipe. Perfect!

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EMSGIRL

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Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2008

I cut the recipe in half and baked in a 8x8 glass baking dish. The cake wasn't as sweet as I thought it would be and wasn't as moist as I thought it would be based on the other reviews. Was more like a brownie or cookie than a cake. The cream cheese frosting was good, but it overpowered the flavor of the cake. Still a good dessert for using up apples, but thought it could be better.

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Lori

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Living In: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2008

This cake is very easy to make, super moist, and turns out really well. However, nothing about it screams, "apple cake" to me. It might as well just be a super moist sugar cake. The problem is that the batter doesn't taste like apples... You would expect an apple cake to taste like apples. So while it is, indeed, easy to make and not that bad...it just doesn't taste like you would expect an apple cake to taste.

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Panneran

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2008

Was a big hit with my parents. Mom wanted the recipe right away! GREAT frosting too.

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freckles

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2008

I was pleasantly surprised. This was a very good cake. I am so thankful that someone wrote about how THICK the batter would be. After reading many other recipes, I made two adjustments which made the batter more pliable. One, I used three eggs instead of two. Two, I added a teaspoon of water. Lastly, I used half white sugar and half brown sugar, and I used pecans instead of walnuts. I will definitely be making this again - maybe with raisins and walnuts. It is a great way to use apples.

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DeLisa

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Home Town: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2008

This cake is really, really good!! The first time I made it, I halved all the ingredients and used a 9x9" pan for 45 minutes. The second time, I used half the vanilla extract in the frosting to really taste the cream cheese flavor, and it came out good, too! Thank you for such a good recipe! I'm adding this to my recipe collection! :)

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