New Years

Today marks the start of two new years for me. Tonight (at sundown) is Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and it is also my birthday.

Today Greg and I are celebrating with breakfast out, some relaxing, and then later today we'll be going to my family's house for a dual birthday/Rosh Hashanah dinner. This weekend I have plans with a bunch of friends to go out for dinner and drinks to celebrate.

On Rosh Hashanah you typically eat sweet things for a sweet year, apples and honey is the classic pairing for this tradition. In honor of this, I make an apple cake with honey glaze every year:

cake:
4 large apples, peeled and diced
2 teaspoons cinnamon
5 tablespoons sugar
3 cups all purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°

Mix chopped apples with the 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 5 tablespoons sugar and set aside.

Mix together remaining ingredients until well combined (FYI: the batter will be quite thick).

In a greased bundt pan, layer cake batter and apples - you will have 3 layers of batter and 2 layers of apples.

Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes

glaze:
1 cup confectioners sugar
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons milk

Whisk ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth, drizzle over cake

For those observing the holiday, Shana Tovah!

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