apfel kuchen (apple cake)

Name: Apfel Kuchen (apple cake)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) flour; 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 2 tablespoon(s) shortening; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 - egg; 1/2 teaspoon(s) mace; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 cup(s) milk (little less than 1/2 cup); 2-3 cup(s) chopped apples; 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 4 tablespoon(s) butter; 1 dash(es) salt; 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) flour

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Recipe by

Shelly Weirauch Ferguson

@shellymferguson

Rochester, MI

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!

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 40 Min

method Bake

Ingredients For apfel kuchen (apple cake)

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

salt
1/2 c

sugar
1/4 c

flour

How To Make apfel kuchen (apple cake)

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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