Irish Apple Cake
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsps. baking powder
1 level tsp cinnamon
3 eggs
2 tbsps.milk
2-3 apples

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease either a lasagna dish or roasting pan aprox 11 X 8 1/2 inches.

Add the cinnamon and baking powder to the flour and sift into a bowl.

Cream butter and sugar until light and soft.
Beat in one egg then add a tbsp of the flour and beat in another egg. Repeat this once more then fold in two thirds of the remaining flour.

Stir in the milk then fold in the last of the flour. This can be done in an electric mixer.

Quarter peel and core the apples slice them very thinly.

Spread half of the batter mixture in the bottom of the prepared pan.Distribute the apple slices over it and cover with the rest of the batter.

Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees then at 325 degrees for thirty minutes until golden brown and firm to the touch.

Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.
Posted by Donna on Sunday, March 07, 2004 at 03:08 PM
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