Lumberjack Cake is an old fashioned apple and date cake with a broiled butter/coconut/brown sugar topping….great for dessert or lunch boxes.
I used to find that the hardest part of making this cake was chopping the dates. In frustration one day, I cut the dates with scissors and have never looked back. Scissors make chopping dates a breeze.
Yummy!
Lumberjack Cake
Serves | 9 |
Inspiration | Grammy's Recipe |
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup peeled chopped apple
- 1 cup dates (cut into medium sized pieces)
- 1 Tsp baking soda
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 Large egg
- 1 Tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 Tsp salt
Topping
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 4 Tbsp milk
- 1 cup sweetened dessicated or shredded coconut