Apple Skillet Cake
This is an Apple Skillet Cake from my husband’s grandmother, Granny Jordan. I have written a little about Granny Jordan before when I posted her Frozen Cranberry Banana Salads, but I won’t miss out on an opportunity to praise her further!
Granny Jordan was the quintessential southern lady in absolutely every fashion. She collected recipes which she kept meticulously organized in card files in her pantry. Each time she would use a recipe she would remove the card and note on it the date she made it, who she served it to, and how it turned out. Her reviews usually consisted of one word: “Good”, “Okay”, and sometimes “very good”.
We lived in her house for a few months after she had passed away and I took the time to thumb through all of her wonderful recipes. Among the entire lot of them, only one card had the rating of “BAD!”. What struck me as funny was that Granny Jordan, even though she actually wrote the word in all caps with an exclamation point and underlined it three times, had still put the card back into her little file in its proper alphabetized place.
Just in case you are wondering, this recipe was rated “Very Good” by both Granny Jordan and everyone else I have served it to since her passing.
This cake is positively infused with flavor. The texture is ultra tender and and moist. Visually, it is every bit as appealing as it is taste wise. Apples glazed with butter and sugar arranged over the top with a generous sprinkling of pecans and when cut, the interior of the cake is speckled generously with cinnamon. As I was taking these photographs, my husband asked in a small and hopeful voice, “We get to eat that when you’re done, right?”.
Ingredients
- 1/3 Cup margarine
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 Cup self rising flour
- 1/3 Cup evaporated milk
- 2/3 Cup sugar
- 5-6 apples sliced and peeled.
- 3 T additional melted margarine
- 1/3 Cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 egg well beaten
- 1/3 Cup water
- pecans
Instructions
- Melt butter in skillet. Stir in 2/3 C sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon. Top with apple slices; cover over medium heat for ten minutes. Top with pecans. In separate bowl, stir together flour, 1/3 C sugar, and 3/4 tsp cinnamon. Combine 3 T melted margarine, egg, milk, and water in separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and mix until just moistened. Spoon over hot apples and pecans. Cover and cook on stove eye for twenty minutes on low heat or until firm to the touch. Turn out onto large plate. DEVOUR!
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Hey Stephanie! You might wanna check out my apple recipe contest winners………~clears throat and smiles~
Bill, I’m so happy for you! We’ve always known you were a great cook, though!
Christy
All I gotta say is WHOA! The cake was a success! Woohoo! I did one right!
Gotta go to a mens breakfast at church in the morning.. I’m taking it with me. Those guys will eat anything for breakfast.
That cake looks good! I like to make pineapple upside down cakes in my iron skillet.
Right now I am cooling the Butterfinger Cake in the fridge. I still have to put the whipped topping on it. Let’s see if I did it right lol!
How cool that you can make cake without heating the oven! I sometimes do little cakes in a bowl in the microwave (in fact, I just did one about ten minutes ago), but that apple cake looks spectacular!!!
I know just what you mean, Tina, there is something so neat about it baking on the stove top! I have been really impressed with everyone’s recipes this week!
Betsy: You are so welcome! Thank you for reading Southern Plate, I’m so glad you’re here!!!
I have come across you while looking for recipes for apple butter. I use my iron skillet every day and I have one in the rv. This will be an easy dessert while camping. I have sent it on to my camping buddies. My iron skillets have been passed down from my grandmother to my mom to me and I have given several to my kids. I’m glad my kids have learned they get some of the best foods from using iron skillets, Dutch ovens and the baking pans my grandmoer had. I don’t see the old fashioned baking pans like my grandmothers. I remember the best cobblers she made from the fruits we picked when visiting her. To all that does not have a real cast iron skillet, I highly suggest getting one. You’ll wonder why you never had one. Many antique shops have them. I always search the shops when traveling.
Yummy! That looks great! Thanks for the linky love! I am so glad I found your blog…I love it!
I’ve made this using an outdoor burner in a deployed Army base. Everyone loves it!! Thank you so much!!
Christy I love how this recipe bakes in a skillet how neat. Granny knew what she was doing. The pumpkin apple cake looks good and so does stephanies apple pie yummo everyone.