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An Apple a Day ?

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    So Lily and I share some DNA that originates in Sweden and I have some DNA from Norway but Lily does not. Now since those two countries share the same peninsula I am not sure how they determine the difference from Sweden to Norway? But I decided to continue our culinary travels in Norway. I decided to make a Norwegian Apple Cake. I am not sure this is a traditional cake from Norway but the cookbook called it Norwegian.
     The cookbook is Taste of Home's Quick Cooking Annual Recipes from 2002. The recipe was submitted by Lucia Johnson of Messina, New York. I purchased this cookbook from an on line auction of my cousin Bev's estate. I wasn't planning on buying any of her cookbooks but the picture of this group looked like it might have some hand written books included. Unfortunately there were not. The cookbooks that were in this group though are quite nice. Makes me wish I had bought all of her cookbooks now. In this cookbook alone I have identified 12 recipes I would like to try. When I read a cookbook I put post it notes on the pages of recipes I want to try. I have enough identified in books now that I probably could cook every day the rest of my life and not complete them all!
     This simple cake used only 1/2 cup of flour. There was more apple in it than flour. It mixed up in only a few minutes. I really enjoyed the flavor of this cake with the apple and walnuts throughout. A sprinkle of powdered sugar on top or a little whipped cream was nice. Donna and Lily both seemed to like it. You could easily substitute pecans for the walnuts and by changing the apples you could influence the flavor also. I used a really tart apple in this version.





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