In a strange confluence of events, I made Jewish Apple Cake (recipe from Smitten Kitchen) to bring to rehearsal (on German Unification Day, October 3) for a show about Nazis, concentration camps, and Jews.
It's a very powerful show, about the son of a war criminal who finds out what his father actually did during WW II when he was 17. He just thought they were living in Paraguay for fun and sun. It's a tough show to handle for 8 hours a day, so we do a lot of 5 hour days, and crack a lot of jokes. And eat a lot of cake. There's only 3 actors, but this cake was gone by the end of lunch. All in all about 6 people tucked into it in total, and all pronounced it GREAT.
It was super-moist, and sticky, and apple-y, and all in all a great treat for while you're sitting around doing table work.
I managed to use up yet more of those teeny apples. I cut up about 35 of them for this cake. I only really needed to quarter them to get bite-sized pieces.
When I had put the layers together, I was worried there wasn't enough batter, but it came through and rose to make one of my favourite cakes in a while.
Here's a sneak peak pic of how I cook:
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