A Glut of Windfalls

[curiouswombat]

I am benefiting from my neighbour's glut of windfall apples and, when I was making apple cake, it struck me it was a very hobbit bit of baking

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[shirebound]

"organised into eaters and cookers"... love that.

This recipe sounds yummy!

[curiouswombat]

I am so glad you liked it - I was thinking of you as I wrote!

I don't know if you use the same names for the different types of apples in the USA - but for me 'Cookers' are the apples which break down and lose their firm shape when cooked - but are too tart to eat raw - 'eaters' are the ones you would eat raw, but if you cook with them they don't 'fall' but hold their shape - so not as good for pies and crumbles!

The recipe is a very old one, and very easy to make. It is good just warm with ice-cream too :)

[epiphyta]

Cake cake cake cake!

I noticed quite a few windfalls today - I'm sure the gleaners will be out clearing them away, with the badly bruised ones kept aside for goats and pigs. Still, I hope someone makes some cake.

[curiouswombat]

My neighbour's trees are so laden at the moment that they look like a child's drawing of an apple tree, with all the tiny red circles. I think I am going to suggest to her that she takes some of the fruit to the Apple Orphanage.

I can see quite a bit of apple cake in our near future, though!

[febobe]

Nice - thank you!

[curiouswombat]

My pleasure! So is the cake right now - makes a nice filling breakfast!

[engarian]

That looks simply wonderful. Although I don't like eating apples raw, I adore cooked apples, so cakes and baked apples are one of my favorites.

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat]

This is a very simple cake - an old fashioned recipe, and very good.