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!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
~Abraham Lincoln. To submit your quote, click here.
Related posts:
Posted by Christy Jordan
on Sep 6 2008. Filed under Cake, Dessert, FEATURED Southern Favorites!.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
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.
Yummy! That looks great! Thanks for the linky love! I am so glad I found your blog…I love it!
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!!!
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!!!
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!
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.
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
Oh, wow. Have to make that! Your stuff always makes me starving, even if I just ate!
We love your site and we would like to present you with the “I Love Your Blog” Award over at our place.
Hope you accept!
Ivory Soap and Tomato Lady
Little House in the Suburbs
http://www.littlehouseinthesuburbs.com
I made this cake yesterday for my family (my sister was visiting). If I could write this in really really big letters I would, but I’ll have to content myself with bold and italics and capital letters:
HOLY COW – THIS WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE CAKE I’VE EVER EATEN!!! I seriously loved this cake and everyone else did too. Thankyou thankyou thankyou so much for this wonderful recipe, Christy!!
Hey Christy… this looks very yummy! AND my hubby just came home with a big bag of apples from a co-worker…. I got the impression he wants me to “do something” with them.
Anyway.. I choose the Apple Skillet Cake!
I have one question: Can I use a cast iron skillet..or just the ordinary skillet?
Thanks!
Terri
YUM!
Need I say more?????
Terri
This looks so good I can not wait to try it!!
Made this for my family yesterday. Followed directions exactly. So simple and very good. Only thing is I found it took quiet a bit longer than the 20 minutes to firm and actually after about 40 minutes I stuck in 300 degree oven for about 10 minutes to complete. Maybe my low was to low! Highly recommend!
[...] Apple Skillet Cake [...]
This dessert was a total success! My family wants this to be a Thanksgiving tradition!
Hi there! I love your site. I just made this recipe for my husband. It made the house smell wonderful. It turned out really good, but I couldn’t get the dough to firm. I cooked it for over 30 minutes on low to low-medium heat. Might be the condensation from the lid. Not sure, but we decided to dig in anyway. Was very tasty!
[...] Apple Skillet Cake [...]
what kind of apples did you use or can we just use any kind?
Any old kind will do. Enjoy!
is there a reason to not use butter instead of margarine in the apple skillet cake? please dont make me go to the grocery store just for margarine!!
Goodness no, use what you have on hand! I usually have margarine.
Do you use a 10 or 12 inch skillet for this? The only cast-iron skillet I have is a 10 inch.
Hey Christy,
With fall just around the corner I would love to make this cake! I have several cast iron pans, please let me know what size is your large skillet???
Thank you,
Susan
I am pretty sure I used a 10 inch skillet. Hope you enjoy it.
Hey Christy, I want to thank you so much for all the delicious recipes you share with us. My family just loves them. This Apple Skillet Cake is scrumptuous.
I love your site, your stories about family, your success AND your recipes! Thanks for helping us all out! My family LOVES your food!
What kind of apples do you use for this?? I cannot wait to make it!
Well I’ve just made this but didn’t have any Evaporated Milk so used Condensed Milk instead. It’s lush!! So easy too, will defo make it again
Yummy!
I just got done eating this fantastic cake!!!! Absolutel delicious!! My husband said it was the best cake he ever had!!!! Thanks Christy for this wonderful recipe!!! Believe me, I will make this again!!
Do I use an iron skillet? Or what size skillet, must have missed that info somewhere
Thanks Christy ☺
[...] I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t tried it myself. I used peaches instead of apples which the original recipe called for—crossing my fingers that it would [...]
I am making this now.. however when I covered the batter for the 20 minutes, I left it on medium heat for 12 minutes before I realized I was suppose to turn it down to low
I hope it turns out okay! I will let y’all know 
Blah, I burnt it
I will try it again though! I have to run and get more apples..