Apple Cake
Makes:
12 servings
Sliced apples and apricot jam glaze on top make this a great cake for special occasions.
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 full stick + 2 tablespoons)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cups flour, sifted
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
- 2 medium apples, pared, cored, sliced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 8 tablespoons apricot jam (1/2 cup)
Directions
- Wash hands with soap and water.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat butter with sugar until creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating until well blended.
- Add flour, baking powder, and lemon rind, beat 4 minutes.
- Pour into greased 9-inch spring-form pan.
- Arrange the apples on the batter, sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.
- Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F in preheated oven.
- Remove from pan, brush apples with jam, cool.
Wellness Ways Resource Book: Taste of the World
University of Illinois Extension Service
Comments on recipe format and instructions: For clarity, I recommend that the instructions include that the butter and sugar should be mixed with an electric mixer. For ease in measuring, 10 Tbsp butter should be revised to 1/2 cup and 2 Tbsp butter. Is flour to be sifted and then measured? For ease in combining, I would recommend that the flour be sifted with the baking powder. Suggest moving step #6 to #1 followed by step #4.