Fresh apple cake

I've made this cake several times, now at the persistent begging of my super picky little boy.  To get the real picture, he begs for this more than birthday style cake and this cake doesn't even have icing!!!

The best part about this cake is that it's not overly sweet, and the flavour changes a bit depending on the type of apples you use.  I'm posting a messily written recipe so excuse my writing but I would like to add that I am thinking I will use more cinnamon next time, just to bump it up a bit.  Also I will mention I tend to use gala apples to make this cake... Why? I dunno, I like them that's why!