Grandma Ruth's Apple Cake
Grandma Ruth
Grandmother · Brooklyn, NY · 1970s
“From the index card in Ruth's own handwriting — flour-dusted, stained, and now scanned forever. She made it every Friday in Brooklyn.”
The original card
Grandma Ruth's Apple Cake
(the original handwritten card will live here)
The recipe in Grandma Ruth own hand — scanned and kept exactly as it was. The typed version below is for cooking; this is for remembering.
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Ingredients
- 3 cupall-purpose flour
- 2 cupsugar
- 1 cupvegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cuporange juice
- 2½ tspvanilla extract
- 6 apples — peeled and sliced
- 2 tspcinnamon
Steps
- 1
Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a tube pan.
- 2
Toss sliced apples with cinnamon and a little sugar; set aside.
- 3
Beat eggs, sugar, and oil until smooth. Add OJ and vanilla.
- 4
Fold in flour until just combined.
- 5
Layer batter and apples, ending with apples on top.
- 6
Bake 60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool before turning out.
Cooked it (2)
Maya
2026-05-30
“Tastes exactly like I remember at Grandma's. Cried a little.”
Tweaks: Used Honeycrisp apples.
Alon
2026-04-12
“The whole kitchen smelled like Friday afternoons in Brooklyn.”
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