My mother's apple cake

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my mother's apple cake

Like so many people, some of my earliest childhood memories are of rainy days spent baking with my mother. She was a terrific baker and I’m sure my utter delight in the discipline comes directly from her. I was a young adult before I knew there was such a thing as a packaged cake mix – nothing of the kind ever showed up in our house. I count her handwritten recipes as some of my greatest treasures. She, my grandmother and my aunties shared countless luscious recipes and this apple cake is one they all used to make. One of my cousins recently shared with me that he always liked my mother’s best. Me, too. Here’s her recipe, slightly updated.

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