Fresh Apple Cake by It's a Lifestyle, Not a Fad

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Fresh Apple ~ Blueberry Cake

Today on Facebook I saw this super easy cake recipe. The family are almost home from a three-day vacation and this looks like the right thing to welcome them home with.

The cake was shared by a Facebook Group called It's a Lifestyle, Not a Fad and you can click on the name and ask to be admitted to the closed group.

When I first saw it, I thought that it would be great with blueberries, but Delaney isn't fond of that fruit so I decided to do half apples and half berries. A friend, Krissy, says she wants the bit from where the fruits meet!

This is three apples and about three cups of frozen blueberries:

Here it is sprinkled with the dry cake mix and one stick of melted butter. I almost used the Smart Start...but decided against it, although that would have worked, too.

My pan holds the same amount as a 9x13 pan, but this particular baking dish is a Polish Pottery one of slightly odd dimensions.










Here is the recipe as posted on Facebook:

Fresh Apple Cake

Layer your apple slices (or other fruit) at the bottom of a pan (9x11) that has been coated with non-stick spray.
Sprinkle on boxed cake mix.
Pour 1/2 cup of melted butter over the fruit and dry cake mix.
Bake at 350 for approximately 35-45 minutes -- it's done when it is nice and bubbly.


Since I used frozen blueberries, it took a little longer. I just kept watching to make sure that it was bubbly in the middle.

Now that I've done it once, I think my tweak would be to only use HALF of the dry cake mix. Or maybe add a cup of apple juice to the fruit. My fruit didn't make it quite moist enough.

I'm going to give this a FAMILY RATING of

 

THREE OUT OF FIVE

As three of us liked it and two just thought: meh.

When I pointed out the apples for Delaney, she said:

You know I don't like cooked apples EITHER.

 

 

Cooking is always an adventure for this family.

It was easy peasy! Let me know how YOURS turns out!