German Apple Cake

Ingredients

• one pound of flour
• one pound of butter
• one cup of milk
• a pinch of salt
• sliced apples
• powdered sugar
• ground cinnamon
• one pint of milk
• one-quarter pound of sugar
• three eggs

Method

1. 1

   Make dough with flour, butter, milk, and salt.

2. 2

   Line cake pan with dough, cover with sliced apples, dust with sugar and cinnamon, and bake.

3. 3

   Pour custard made of milk, sugar, and eggs over when nearly done, and bake until set.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 241. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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