Dutch Apple Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cupfuls flour
• 1 egg
• 6 tablespoonfuls butter
• % teaspoonful salt
• 1 cupful milk
• 4 tart apples
• 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• 2 tablespoonfuls sugar
• 1/4 teaspoonful cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   Sift salt, baking powder, and flour together, then work in shortening.

2. 2

   Add egg yolk and fold in beaten egg white.

3. 3

   Spread mixture 1/2 inch thick in a shallow baking tin.

4. 4

   Prepare apples and place in rows on top.

5. 5

   Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixture.

6. 6

   Bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes or until apples are soft.

7. 7

   Serve with pudding sauce or whipped cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dutch Apple Cake 2 cupfuls flour 1 egg 6 tablespoonfuls butter % teaspoonful salt 1 cupful milk 4 tart apples 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 tablespoonfuls sugar Vo teaspoonful cinnamon

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