Noah's Farm Party

June 5 2010

Today was Noah's party, you can really get overwhelmed planning a party for a 1 year old, that is until your spouse reels you back in. Drew had to ground me a little, I just wanted it to be fun for Noah, and I certainly was.

It did happen to be a steamy hot day, but we managed to play, visit with friends, eat hotdogs, watermelon, cupcakes, and Noah had a pretty good time eating his cake too. His healthy Apple Swirl cake with Cream Cheese frosting. So we would not have to worry about him getting sick later. I think he was a little surprised Mommy let him get so dirty. When we finally took that cake away and started to change his clothes he decided he was not done yet.

Here are the recipes:

Apple Swirl Cake



Ingredients:
2 c Apples
3 tb Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
2 c Sugar
1 c Cooking oil
4 Eggs
1/4 c Orange juice
2 tsp Vanilla
3 c Sifted flour
1 tb Baking powder
1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions:
Peel, core, and chop apples into small pieces. Mix together with 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.

In large bowl, combine sugar and cooking oil; beat. Add eggs, orange juice, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture. Beat until smooth. Pour one third batter into greased and floured 12 cup bundt pan alternating with one half apple mixture. Repeat.

End with layer of batter on top. Bake at 325 degrees F for 60 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack or serving plate to complete cooling. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar if desired or lightly frost with cream cheese frosting.


Whipped Cream Frosting
Makes 1 frosting for a 2 layer cake

1 (8 ounce) package cream
cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Directions
1 In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar salt and vanilla until smooth. In a small bowl, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Fold into the cream cheese mixture.