Dwelling In His Richness: October 2015

Holidays

Halloween At The Zoo

19 October

Saturday was a beautiful fall day- 60 and sunny. A perfect day to go trick or treating at the zoo.

Claire, the pink tiger/puppy. This girl absolutely loves having her face painted.

Unfortunately, the trick or treating event was during Grace's nap time. She refused to relax and take a rest in the stroller, and was pretty grumpy at times. Enter her first taste of candy. Needless to say, she was a fan.

Family

Apple Time

12 October

The business of fall is upon us...that joyful time when I am a single mother trying to keep it all together, the hamper of dusty work clothes always seems to be full, and figuring out how to get a hot meal to several hungry men requires more brain power than you might think. The boys have been having an awesome harvest so far, however, and I'm loving that they're getting so much done while we still have warm weather. Ben comes home happy with how everything is coming along, which means I'm happy too. And we all know how important it is for momma to be happy.

I do love all of the fun activities that fall brings, and visiting Center Grove orchard was first on our list.

I made an apple fritter cake with some of the apples....and let me just tell you, IT'S AMAZING. As in, you need to stop whatever it is you're doing (which is reading my blog...so obviously not anything too important) and go make this cake right now.

Apple Fritter Cake

For Filling:

1 heaping cup of sliced apples (I cored and quartered and then sliced)

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

small pinch freshly grated nutmeg

2 tablespoons cornstarch

2 teaspoons water

Plus

1/2 cup brown sugar (I used a 1/4 cup each of dark and light)

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

For Cake:

1/3 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup applesauce

1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup greek yogurt (you could use plain yogurt as well or sour cream)

For Glaze:

2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

6 tablespoons milk

For filling: Make your filling by combining apples, sugar, water, cinnamon and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Cook on low heat for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly until the sauce is thickend and the apples are a bit soft. Set aside to cool. In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together until well combined and set aside.

For Cake: Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9×13 baking dish. Set aside.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add applesauce and vanilla and mix till combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Sift the dry ingredients together. Add the dry ingredients to the batter in three parts alternating with the yogurt in two parts, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat until just combined.

Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan. Spoon the cooled apple mixture over the batter carefully and spread as evenly as possible. Sprinkle 2/3 of brown sugar cinnamon mixture over apples and cover with the rest of the batter. Sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar cinnamon mixture over the top.

Bake for 45-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

For Glaze: While the cake is baking, make the glaze. In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until the glaze is desired consistency. When the cake comes out of the oven, immediately but carefully pour onto hot cake. Try to pour as evenly as possible. You might have to pick up the cake and tilt it to spread the glaze evenly. I even poured some out that pooled at the corners and repoured that over the top. Let the cake sit for awhile for the glaze to set.

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