Apple Cake Eden



INGREDIENTS:

1 1/4 c Flour

1/4 ts Salt

1 ts Baking powder

1/2 c Butter or margarine

1/4 c Sugar

Grated rind of 1 lemon 

1 lg Egg; slighty beaten

6 Or 7 medium size
or
2 lb Tart cooking apples 

1/2 c Sugar

1/2 ts Cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 8 inch flan
pan or a small round springform pan. 

2. Mix flour, salt and baking powder. with your
hands combine the butter or margarine with the
flour until the mixture is crumbly. Add the sugar
and lemon rind. Blend the ingredients well and set
them aside. Peel the apples and grate them on the
large holes of a grater, apples are easily handled
if they are left whole after peeling. Mix them with
the sugar and let them drain for a quarter hour in
a colander. Mix in the egg with the crust and knead
them well. The mixture will still be crumbly. With
a fork, press 3/4 of the dough evenly over the bottom
and sides of the pan. Add the cinnamon to the apples
in the colander. Spread the apples over the dough in
the pan. With the remaining dough design a large apple
on top of the fruit. bake for 

3. 30 minutes, until the apples are tender. The recipe
amy be dou bled for a larger cake. Best served cold.



Apple Cake Eden