APFEL KUCHEN (APPLE CAKE)

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This is my great grossmutter Weirauch's recipe. She came over to America from Germany as a teenager. It is one of the few "original" recipes I have of hers. The mace gives it a distinctive taste. I hope you enjoy it!

Provided by Shelly Weirauch Ferguson

Categories     Cakes

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp shortening
1 c sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp mace
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c milk (little less than 1/2 cup)
2-3 c chopped apples
1/2 c sugar
4 Tbsp butter
1 dash(es) salt
1/2 c sugar
1/4 c flour

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour glass 9 X 13.
  • 2. Sift first two dry ingredients. Set aside.
  • 3. In mixing bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup of sugar. Add egg. Add sifted dry ingredients along with mace and salt. Add milk.
  • 4. Spread in prepared 9 x 13. (I use a greased spatula to help spread). Top with apples. Sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar over top.
  • 5. In bowl prepare struesel. (4 T. butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour). Crumble struesel over apples on cake.
  • 6. Bake for 40 minutes.

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