WINESAP APPLE CAKE 
My favorite apple is the winesap. It is firm, not overly sweet and can be used for any recipe. I picked winesap as a girl on the farm in Swandale, WV and cooked this cake in the Old Dutch oven skillet in the oven of the wood-burning stove. The nuts for the cake were as close as the nearest butternut or walnut tree. Of course we did not have butterscotch chips. I added them in later years as a special touch to an old favorite. Good and moist.

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup chopped nuts
3 cups chopped winesap apples
3 oz. butterscotch chips (optional)

Combine all ingredients, then add nuts and apples; blend well. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake 1 hour at 350°F.

Special touch: Before baking put about 3 ounces butterscotch chips on top of batter. They will sink to bottom and make glaze when cake is down and turned out on plate.

recipe reviews
Winesap Apple Cake
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 Donna (North Carolina) says:
The cake is delicious! However, I would add a few things to the recipe. First, I don't really think you want to just 'combine all the ingredients'. May I recommend eggs, then oil and sugar to cream, next vanilla and then slowly add the flour/baking soda mixture? Secondly, the butterscotch morsels did NOT sink to the bottom, but rather stayed on top, unmelted. Nevertheless, they are tasty and the top formed a crust (unfortunately, it crumbled off as it was being removed from the tube pan). Lastly, I don't know how many people use tube pans these days (can a Bundt be used in its place?), but I didn't know if I was supposed to invert over a bottle or what, so removing the cake to cool was a bit of guesswork. Hope this helps.
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 Melissa (Ohio) says:
Very nice recipe! I made it by combining all dry ingredients, adding the wet, and then adding the nuts and apples last. I baked it in a cast iron skillet. I also added some spice (cinnamon, nutmeg). A very thick batter, it took 65 minutes to bake.
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 Julie (North Carolina) says:
I love Winesap apples too, can't wait to try this recipe.

 

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