In House Dining: Easy Strawberry & Apple Cake

When it comes to baking, I am innately inept, thus I tend to follow recipes more accurately. In the quest to bake a pie with fresh fruit (strawberries where everywhere several weeks ago), I stumbled upon (on the Epicurious app) a Barefoot Contessa recipe for a "Easy Cranberry & Apple Cake". I chose the recipe not only because it was clearly simple to make, but also because I am a huge fan of Ina Garden. I replaced the cranberries with strawberries and prepared a decadent cake; it was intensely sweet as the fruit had reduced into a jam-like consistency during baking.

While the cake was well received, I still aspire to bake a pie. Summer will bring me peaches- perhaps then.