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Apricot Cake

Apricot Cake is super easy to make and you will love it, I remember at Christmas time my mom baking so much delicious cakes and cookies to enjoy all Christmas. I love making cakes anytime of the year, but at…

By Bonita Hussey

Prep
10 min
Cook
45 min
Makes
1
Serves
Family
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Apricot Cake

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Apricot Cake is super easy to make and you will love it, I remember at Christmas time my mom baking so much delicious cakes and cookies to enjoy all Christmas.

Apricot Cake
Delicious Apricot Cake topped with a sprinkle of powdered icing sugar.
Apricot Cake
A piece of Apricot Cake topped with whipped cream and powdered icing sugar, the plate got a cinnamon star and a side of cherries and dried apricots.

I love making cakes anytime of the year, but at Christmas time it makes it extra special. I will share with you a link to a couple of my favourite cake recipes for you to try. Traditional Newfoundland Cherry Cake

Traditional Newfoundland Cherry Cake, topped with snowflake sprinkles and placed on a snowman serving plate.
Traditional Newfoundland Cherry Cake, topped with snowflake sprinkles and placed on a snowman serving plate.

This is one more I will share with you I hope you will try them.

Traditional Newfoundland Partridgeberry Nut Loaf

Partridgeberry Nut Loaf
Partridgeberry Nut Loaf, topped with a light coat of icing sugar.

I’m going to share with you a link to my New Cookbook released in February 2017, https://www.bonitaskitchen.com/cookbook

Cookbook
Bonita’s Kitchen Cookbook

Please continue on to the recipe for Traditional Newfoundland Apricot Cake.

Apricot Cake
Traditional Newfoundland Apricot Cake, topped with fresh whipped cream and dried apricots and a dusting of confectionary sugar.

If you are looking for a cake that is no fuss this is the one for you, plus apricots is good for you on its own. Imagine having them in a delicious cake topped with whipped cream, now I’m talking. 🙂 Im not a fancy cake or dessert maker but I love trying to make my cakes fancy or at less looking like you worked hard to make them. But who whats to spend all day cooking or baking in the kitchen when you have so much other things to do.

Apricot Cake
Freshly dried apricots with a natural sweetness.

I can’t say enough about staying home and cooking and baking for yourself, sometimes getting your family involved while you are in the kitchen makes for less work. But if you are like me my day starts in the kitchen and ends in the kitchen, and I love it. 🙂 Before you start making this recipe make yourself a cup of hot tea and grab your note book and set down to your computer and watch my video of how to make this delicious Traditional Newfoundland Apricot Cake, you won’t be disappointed. 

Apricot Cake
Dried apricots with natural sweetness and all the ingredients you will need to make your Apricot Cake.
Apricot Cake
Traditional Newfoundland Apricot Cake, topped with fresh whipped cream and dried apricots.

I would like to share with you one more recipe to help with your Christmas baking. Traditional Newfoundland Dark Rum Fruit Cake

Traditional Newfoundland Dark Fruit Cake
Dark Rum Fruit Cake full of spicy flavours and silky molasses with dried fruits and dark rum.

Thank you once again for taking the time to read by blog and visit my website, if you have been following my recipes and looking at my videos you would know I love to cook. I equally love making our Traditional Newfoundland recipes for all of you to enjoy.

Apricot Cake
Chopped apricots rolled in a light dusting of flour, when your apricots are rolled in flour it helps them from sinking to the bottom of your cake.
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  1. Cream together butter and sugar.

  2. Add eggs one at a time mix well until light and fluffy.

  3. Mix in vanilla.

  4. In another bowl sift or mix together flour and baking powder.

  1. Folding dry ingredients with creamed mixture, don't over mix, then slowly add room temp milk to your mixture.

  2. Grease one springform pan or round bunt pan.

  3. Layer the apricots at the bottom of pan, then pour batter over top.

  4. Bake in a 350° pre-heated oven for 45 minutes to an hour depending on your oven, always check the middle of your cake first with a toothpick before removing it from the oven, if it comes out dry it's done if wet close door and leave for another five minutes or so then check again. Don't over bake your apricot cake ,this will make your cake dry.

  5. Remove cake from oven let set in cake pan for 5 to 10 minutes before removing it from the pan. You may need to run a knife around the sides to remove from pan if stuck.

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  • Wheat

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      can I purchase your recipe book? If so how do I pay for it and have it delivered to my home?

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        Hi Gayle: Sorry I just notice your message, I have cookbooks available with me and on amazon, if you are living in Canada i can mail you a copy but if you are living out of Canada it would be quicker and more affordable to order from my site on amazon https://www.bonitaskitchen.com/cookbook will take you to the cookbook. I accept etransfers if that works for you [email protected] cost for my cookbook plus shopping is $27.00 just let me know what works for you and i will give you more info if needed. Thanks Bonita

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