My gas oven!
Well, not really but Colin sure notices the difference in temperature when I’m not home baking. Today the house was chilly so I made some Peanut Butter Swirl bars from the Amish Cook Baking book (which I helped test recipes for). Did they ever turn out yummy! Though next time I think I’m going to put the chocolate chips on the inside. Also need to cut smaller squares, they are quite rich. I also made a new garlic roll recipe I found here. They smell divine. I’ve also made an apple cake. It’s easy to throw together and makes a nice big bundt cake. It’s also good use for those sad, end of winter apples I had sitting around.
Apple Cake
3 c flour 1 c wt. sugar
1 1/2 t bk soda 1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon 1/4 t allspice and nutmeg
1 c buttermilk 1/2 c butter, melted
1 egg 2 c chopped apples
Mix the dry ingredients, then add the wet ingredients. Gently stir in the apples last. Pour into a greased bundt pan.
Bake 325F for 60 min or until done.
For more great sweet treat ideas, check out Sweet as Sugar Cookies.
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I just love baking in cold weather, because it warms the house and the heart. Your Apple Cake looks so good, I can almost smell all those wonderful spices as it is baking. Thank you so much for bringing it to Full Plate Thursday and please come back!
Yum, I love apple cake. I bet this was eaten up in no time. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link your cake up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweets-for-saturday-6.html
What a great reason to bake more goodies! Your apple cake looks absolutely delicious!
I’m hosting the Culinary Smackdown Battle for March–the theme is Cookies. Would you like to join in for the fun? It doesn’ have to be a new post on your blog. You can pick your favorite cookie from your previous post too. All you have to do is link up your cookie creation. I have some great prizes waiting. Hope to see your entry soon!
Amy
http://utry.it/2011/03/culinary-smackdown-battlecookies.html
I just had to smile when you wrote you were heating your house with your oven 🙂 It reminded me of when my husband and I first married. We couldn’t afford heating oil that first winter and we would huddle in the kitchen with the electric oven blazing and the door wide open to take the chill off the air *grin*. It only took a few minutes to warm up our tiny little place 🙂 I love baking and cooking in the winter to add that extra heat to the house. It really does help keep the temperature up nice and toasty. Your cake recipe looks yummy!