A recipe for seasonal coziness

Apple Dapple Cake

Adapted (slightly) from a random Pinterest video

If you don't have self-rising flour, use 3 cups of all-purpose flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1-1/2 teaspoons salt, and 3/4 teaspoon baking soda. And I haven't tried this yet, but I bet you could use 1-1/2 cups of melted butter instead of vegetable oil.

Ingredients:

        Cake:

• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups self-rising flour
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tsp cinnamon
• ¹⁄₄ tsp nutmeg
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 cups peeled, chopped apples (honeycrisp or Granny Smith)
• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

        Topping:

• 1 stick butter (plus a pinch of salt if using unsalted butter)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ¹⁄₄ cup milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325°F.

Beat together oil and sugar until well combined, about 1 minute. Add eggs, and mix an additional minute. Add flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon and mix on medium-low speed, just until combined. Stir in apples, pecans (if using) and vanilla.

Pour the batter into a buttered 13x9 pan. Bake 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean. When 5 minutes remain on the cake, mix together butter, brown sugar and milk in a small saucepan. Boil 3 minutes, then pour evenly over the hot cake. Let it cool before cutting.