Home cooking: Fresh apple pound cake

Beverly Faith had been baking since she was a child; her family was her greatest influence for her baking talents everything from the teaching to swapping recipes and making each one her own.

Faith says her reason for baking is simple. She loves baking and gets joy from seeing people's faces react when taking a bite of her goods, knowing than that it's alright.


Faith and her husband, Reuben, have been vendors at the City Farmers' Market for more than eight years. Their stand is called R & B Baked Goods & Crafts.

You can find Faith at the City Farmers' Market every Saturday. During the holidays and for special occasions, she will take orders for different baked goods from her customers.

— Chris Copley



Fresh apple pound cake

For the cake:

3 cups unsifted flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

3 eggs

2 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cup vegetable oil (see cook's note)

2 cups chopped apples (see cook's note)

1 1/2 cups English walnuts, optional

2 teaspoons vanilla

Baking spray with flour (see cook's note)



For the icing:

1/2 cup brown sugar