Uncle Bob's Fresh Apple Cake

Today is all about family ties and this pretty man standing here, y'all

This was my daddy's baby brother. And he was just always this huge personality in my life

I almost wish that we didn't have to cook because I just want to talk to you and soak up every memory that you have in that pretty little head

But we've got to get started with Uncle Bob's apple cake, y'all. Now, Uncle Bob is chopping us up three cups of green apples

Now, you can use either a Macintosh or a Granny Smith. And he's leaving the peeling on, y'all

Uncle Bob was a fancy New York model. Oh, boy. I mean, we were so proud of you

You lived a life that we could only dream of. Well, it's the other way around now, dear

I'm Paula Deen's uncle. Well, good, because years I was Bob Hires' niece

So, payback time. I know it. I know it. Y'all, Uncle Bob lived in New York, and for my graduation gift, Mama and Daddy gave me a trip to New York City

Well, I was 18 years old, wide. I thought I knew everything

I didn't know jack, y'all. And so my gift was to go up there and spend two weeks with Uncle Bob

Oh, boy. Poor thing. You took me to the World's Fair. It was in 1965

Yep. And we were riding on that subway thing, and Uncle Bob was pooped

So we got on the subway and of course I was like this Uncle Bob got on and immediately went to sleep The train stopped and Uncle Bob looked up and he said well where are we We were supposed to get off back there

I said, I don't know where we are. I didn't know we were supposed to get off. So we had to go back to get to your house

But we had a wonderful, wonderful time. In fact, you know, Bobby, my youngest son

was named after you and Daddy. Yeah. Robert Earl. Yeah. Okay, so we're making a cake, y'all

Now to go with your apples, we're going to need some walnuts. So I'm using about a cup of nuts, y'all

All right, so I'm going to add two teaspoons of cinnamon. Okay

And I'm going to add one teaspoon of vanilla extract. And we're just going to toss this around with those apples

You know what? I think I'm going to add two teaspoons. I like that. I like that vanilla

Well, I just about have the apples ready. Okay. I'm going to come over here, and I'm going to measure out our flour

I'm going to use three cups of all-purpose flour, and I'm going to run it through a sifter

Uncle Bob, now, if you want to use this as a measurer, that's a cup measurer. So that's three cups of apples going in there

Okay. I'm going to use one teaspoon of baking soda. Now, that soda, y'all, not powder

It makes a difference. And then I'm going to add a teaspoon of salt

Uncle Bob, he started out, y'all, his career. He was one of those water skiers

I was into a water ski show. I did all the over the jump and carried the girls on my back called doubles and the clown act

And I had a good time. One day this young lady came to town and her career was just starting to take off She had a sitcom I think on TV Yeah Well Uncle Bob was in charge of escorting her around

And this woman's name was Carol Burnett. Yep. And y'all dated for a good while, didn't you

Well, actually, a good while back then was four weeks on her vacation

All right, y'all, moving on with this cake. Now, I'm going to put our wet ingredients over here

I've got three eggs. I'm going to put in two cups of sugar

I'm going to measure one and a fourth cups of a vegetable. Now, if you'll come over here and take your mixer and kebab and cream that together

and I will take our dry mixture and add to that. And this is going to be really, really thick

Oh, boy. That's looking good. Isn't that looking good? Oh, this is just about ready

And then we're just going to stir in all those wonderful apples that have soaked in that cinnamon

Now, while you're doing that, I'm going to come over here because we're going to cook this in a bunt pan, y'all. Oh

And I'm going to spray our pan real good with oil. I'm glad I finally got to do something with you, Paula

And this is my favorite cake, too, dear. I know it's your favorite cake

And my favorite niece. Oh, you're so sweet. I know. You're my favorite uncle

We're just having a little love fest. Yes. All right, Uncle Bob, I'll hold the bowl

Okay. And if you put it all in our pan Okay So you just scrape that in there Yeah We got our oven preheated y to 325 and we going to bake this for about an hour and a half

Okay. I mean, it's really a dense cake. Well, I'll wait around until it's done

Absolutely. You're not going anywhere. No. We got some catching up to do

I know. So I'm thrilled about that today. All right, so in the oven that goes

Okay. And you put a honey glaze on your apple cake. Yes, I do

And it's so easy, y'all. It's just one cup of powdered sugar, two tablespoons of honey

Uncle Bob, I know you were concerned about that cake getting done. It's ready

It's over there on the counter. Oh, boy. You're not going to have to wait for your cake

Oh, wow. Two tablespoons of milk. All right, Uncle Bob, if you would just put that on the cake plate, what we'll do is just sit that in

And let it come out. Please, to the cake gods. Abracadabra. Oh

Is it under there? There it is. It is under there. It's beautiful

Isn't it pretty? Now I'm gonna get our frosting blended, then just drizzle it right over our apple cake

Mmm, absolutely delicious. This is a fabulous cake, y'all. Cheers

Cheers. Mmm. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy, right. Mmm. That just hits the spot

It's delicious, ain't it