Reader seeks a lost family recipe
It is time for another installment of Lost Recipes from Days Gone By. Every now and then, I get an email from a reader who is seeking a long lost recipe. Usually, thanks to the wonders of Google, it doesn’t take long for me to find it.
However, after I recently heard from a reader named Sharon, I had absolutely no cooperation from Google. Let me just say, in a brief aside, that it annoys me when I search under a term such as “apple pie filling” and get results for recipe sites that lead me to every apple recipe under the sun. Do you see how spoiled I’ve gotten in the digital age? But anyway, let’s move on.
Here’s what Sharon had to say in an email:
“When my children were young I had a cake recipe that they loved. Somehow that recipe has been misplaced and my daughters ask often about it. The ingredients included a can of apple pie filling and it was baked in a 9 x 13 inch pan. When the cake came out of the oven you punched holes in it and poured a sauce over the hot cake and let it cool in the pan. The sauce was a combination of sour cream and maybe soda???? It was a gooey cake and obviously very moist. In your recipes do you have anything that sounds like the cake I have described? I have ask friends and family but no one seems to have THE ONE recipe I am looking for.”
Well, it certainly sounds like an interesting recipe. Does anybody have the knowledge to make Sharon – and her daughters – some very happy ladies? If so, please share.
To sweeten the deal, I’ll send a free cookbook from my collection to the first person who finds this recipe and leaves it, or a link, in a comment on this blog entry. But I’ll have to verify with Sharon that it is the same recipe she seeks or close enough to the same.
Have a great weekend! Cook something scrumptious!
March 30, 2012 - 5:44 AM
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I wonder if this is close?
http://www.thecountrycook.net/2011/10/apple-walnut-cake-baking-and-cooking.html
Elizabeth
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,166,144185-253206,00.html
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,186,153187-224204,00.html
http://cake.betterrecipes.com/virginia-apple-walnut-cake.html
This sounds close to what she’s looking for, although the glaze might not be quite right.
All three of those look much closer than anything I came across. You guys are expert Google searchers! I’m going to send these links to Sharon and see if any or all of them match her recipe. I’ll get back in touch when I hear from her!
This is an apple pie cake w/ a butter rum sauce… Not sure if it’s QUITE the same, but it sounds DELICIOUS
http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/apple-pie-cake-with-butter-rum-sauce.html
Here’s one that’s close – it uses cream cheese instead of sour cream in the topping: http://www.food.com/recipe/apple-cake-with-frosting-23787
Thanks, Jennifer. I have not heard back from Sharon yet but I’ll let you all know as soon as I do.
Try this one: http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/fresh-apple-cake-with-sauce.html
Hi Lindsey,
When I read this I immediately thought of a recipe that was shared on my site a while back. It sounds just about right. But I see Elizabeth beat me to the punch since she’s already shared the link!
I hope that is the one Sharon was looking for. Always good to make a recipe that has a special place in your memories!
Brandie {Salem}
http://www.thecountrycook.net
Tamara, I heard back from Sharon, who said the recipe you shared from Cooks.com appears closest to the recipe she lost. Therefore, I will email you and see what kind of cookbook you’d like to choose. Thank you to everybody for your help.