Fresh Apple or Pear Cake (Just like Grandma would make)

I recently dusted off my mom’s classic KitchenAid mixer and dove into her recipe box. Her Apple Cake recipe called for “cooking oil” (yuck!), so I brightened it up with Blood Orange Olive Oil. Fresh pears instead of apples? Oh, yes!

Ingredients

• 2 cup Sugar
• 3/4 cup Branch and Vines Blood Orange Olive Oil
• 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 3 large Eggs
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 3 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 3 cups diced Apple or Pear
• 1 cup chopped Nuts (walnut or pecan)
• 1 cup Raisin or chopped Dates

Directions

1. Combine sugar, eggs oil, vanilla and cream together
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon together
3. Mix dry and wet together well.
4. Add fruit, raisins, nuts into batter.  It will be thick, I find a strong wooden spoon or strong mixer work best.
5. Place in a oil and floured Bundt pan
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until knife comes out clean when tested

Topping

Melt in saucepan 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 stick butter, 1/6 cup milk. Boil 2 minutes, stir constantly to keep from sticking or burning. Drizzle over cake just before serving.