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Madison Family Photographer | Jewish Apple Cake Morning

We all know apple-picking is quintessential, Wisconsin fall. Super love, right? This family paired a lovely apple-picking family photography session with a gorgeous, in-home family documentary session making an autumn dessert staple: Jewish Apple Cake. Early morning light on homeThe whole crew gets to work. Eleanor peels apples.
Girl peels appleDavid peels apples, Dot plays with naked Barbie. Naked Barbie is family member at this point. Dad and daughter in kitchenBrothers talk, sister gets ready to peel apples Older sister peels apples, while younger sister and dad with coffee look onOlder boy sits in dappled light in kitchen Dad peels apples at sink, Mom ties Barbie's hair for preschooler Terry hands over the whisk.
Mom hands child a whisk to whisk eggs for batterDavid expertly slices apples. Dad slices apples in kitchen See what I mean about Naked Barbie? Daughter plays with doll while Dad puts apples in bowlFamily in the kitchen All six together in the kitchen!
Whole family gathers in the kitchen to bake together Older son follows directions and measures out cinnamon Jewish Apple Cake recipe in the family recipe book

Official Jewish Apple Cake Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs, beaten

 

  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 apples – peeled, cored and sliced
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 5 teaspoons white sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan. Combine the ground cinnamon and 5 teaspoons of the sugar together and set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and 2 cups of the sugar. Stir in the vegetable oil, beaten eggs, orange juice and vanilla. Mix well.
  3. Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan. Top with 1/2 of the sliced apples and sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Pour the remaining batter over the top and layer the remaining sliced apples and cinnamon sugar.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees F  for 70 to 90 minutes.

Mom checks recipe, daughter dances her doll, dad slices apples. All leaning to the right. Above: everyone lean to the right. You too, Naked Barbie. Adding vanillaYoungest son holds measuring spoon for orange juice. Older son whisks. Working together on family recipe Older bother talks to younger brother while youngest sister examines the whisked eggs Youngest daughter adds oil and holds BarbieEveryone had a job in the kitchen Dad hand tosses the apples and cinnamon mixture Mom, two toddlers, and Dad work together in the kitchen. Mom and son pour flour in a glass bowl, Dad tosses apples with brown sugar mixture. Toddler boy dumps flour in glass bowl while Mom returns flour container to counter and toddler sister watches. The family works together to make Jewish Apple Cake Mom measures sugar. All kids present and working in kitchen Boy adds sugar to bowl. Mom and daughter pour cake batter in large glass bowl.Daughter stirs batter while mom, dad and sister watch and wait their turn Mom helps daughter stir the heavy cake batter Mom helps daughter stir the heavy apple cake batter Oldest boy takes a turn stirring the heavy apple batter. Documentary photography Documentary photography for whole family baking apple cake in the kitchen together Youngest daughter upset because she wants a taste of the cake batter Daughter happy to get a taste of the apple cake batter Child helps fill the bundt cake pan Mother helps daughter wash her hands in the kitchen window Preschool boy watches sister fill the bundt cake pan with apples Dad finishes filling the bundt cake pan with apple batter Jewish Apple Cake ready for the oven Waiting for the cake to bake. Black and white. Dad laughs with preschool son, older son reads the Sunday comics. Boy reads the Sunday comics Sharing the comics with Dad More coffee, more juice Daughter inspired by the Fashion Section of the Sunday NYTTesting, testing, testing. Testing the cake batter Preparing cake for transport to brunch partyServing cake at party Serving Jewish Apple Cake at brunchHappy Fall, Happy Baking, Happy Eating!

 

xo,

Jen

“There are simply not enough stars in the galaxy to express how much I love Jen’s work! She has an incredible nack for capturing personalities in her images. I look at the photos she has taken of my four kids and see not only a fleeting moment in time, but also a distillation of each of their most unique characteristics. Having Jen document these moments has become a yearly investment for our family. We have ended sessions with our four kids, sometimes less than cooperative, mostly running in different directions, and wondered how she could have possibly gotten a good shot, only to find out a few weeks later that she has spun gold!”

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