Dutch Apple Cake

Ingredients

• one pint of flour
• one half teaspoon of salt
• three teaspoons of baking-powder
• one fourth cup of butter
• beat one egg
• one scant cup of milk
• four or five apples
• two tablespoons of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, salt, and baking powder; rub in butter.

2. 2

   Beat egg and mix with milk, then stir into dry mixture.

3. 3

   Spread dough half an inch thick on a baking pan.

4. 4

   Core, pare, and cut apples into eighths; lay them on top of the dough and sprinkle with sugar.

5. 5

   Bake in a hot oven for twenty or thirty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The school kitchen textbook (1915) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 128. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dutch Apple Cake Mix one pint of flour, one half teaspoon of salt and three teaspoons of baking-powder ; rub in one fourth cup of butter ; beat one egg and mix it with one scant cup of milk ; then stir this into the dry mixture. The dough should be soft enough to spread half an inch thick on a shallow baking pan. Core, pare and cut four or five apples into eighths ; lay them in ^parallel rows on top of the dough, the sharp edge down, and press enough to make the edge penetrate slightly. Sprinkle two tablespoons of sugar

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