Apple Cake—German

Ingredients

• a pint of flour
• a pinch of salt
• a cup of sour milk
• an egg
• two tablespoons of sugar
• a teaspoon of soda
• five juicy apples

Method

1. 1

   Make a soft dough of a pint of flour sifted with a pinch of salt and mixed with a cup of sour milk; add an egg, beaten until creamy with two tablespoons of sugar, and last, stir in a teaspoon of soda, dissolved in a tablespoon of boiling water; spread half an inch thick in a large, well-greased pan; have ready five juicy apples, pared and cored and cut into eight pieces each; arrange in rows on the dough, the edges slightly overlapping; dot over with bits of butter and sprinkle generously with sugar, cinnamon and bits of butter.

2. 2

   Bake twenty-five minutes in a quick oven.

3. 3

   Apricots cut in half can be substituted for the apples.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Pan-Pacific cook book (1915) by L. L. McLaren, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PPLE CAKE— GERMAN Make a soft dough of a pint of flour sifted with a pinch of salt and mixed with a cup of sour milk; add an egg, beaten until creamy with two tablespoons of sugar, and last, stir in a teaspoon of soda, dissolved in a tablespoon of boil- ing water; spread half an inch thick in a large, well-greased pan; have ready five juicy apples

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