Weekend Cat Blogging #130 Monday, Dec 3 2007

Today is December 2nd, and I’ve been excited for Christmas since before Thanksgiving.  You see, my boyfriend and I got our first apartment together in October.  Shortly after, we adopted Felix, our little kitten.  He has been such a joy, and really completed our little family.  Thanksgiving was busy and full of traveling to see our families, and of course eating.  Now, it’s time for our first Christmas together in our little “home”.  We bought our first tree, and our own ornaments and decorated it together the day after Thanksgiving.  We played Christmas music and drank wine and had lots of fun. 

Since then, Felix has made our tree his own personal jungle gym.  He loves running and diving in it, climbing half way up and getting stuck, tapping and playing with our shatterproof colored balls, and laying in the tree skirt.  He also gathers up all his mice and toys under the tree.  

So far, the holiday season has been an interesting one with my two boys.  I’m so happy, and I’m so glad I get to spend my Christmas with them  

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Jewish Apple Cake Monday, Dec 3 2007

I made this Jewish Apple Cake for Thanksgiving to take to my boyfriend’s parents house.  I was really happy with the way it turned out, and despite the long bake time (1.5 hours), and having to core/peel 8 apples, it was a pretty easy cake.

A few weeks ago, we had a bake sale at work and the first thing to go was the Jewish Apple Cake.  It looked and smelled so good that I had to take a stab at it.  I loved this cake, and on top of eating lots of turkey, I ate two slices of this cake.  It reminds me of a pound cake, but with cinnamon apples in it.  It was de-lish!!

I found the recipe on RoadFood.com, who originally got the recipe from a restaurant called Dutch Kitchen in Frackville, PA.

	Recipe Source: Dutch KitchenPreparation Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 90 minutes Servings: 12One of the curious specialties that we’ve seen in a couple of places in Pennsylvania coal country, but nowhere else, is Jewish apple cake. It’s a dense coffee cake with a top that is laced with slivers of sweet, soft-cooked apple. A glorious coffee companion!
Ingredients: 3 cups unsifted flour 1/2 cup orange juice 2-1/2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 cup canola oil 2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon baking powder 8 apples 2 teaspoons cinnamon	Directions: Beat eggs. Mix in oil, orange juice. Add flour, 2 cups sugar, baking powder. Add vanilla. Peel & core apples. Cut in slices & mix with cinnamon & 1/2 cup of sugar. Pour 1/2 batter into greased bundt pan. Put apple mixture on top of batter & top with remaining batter. Bake at 350 for 1-1/2 hours

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