Ingredients
1¼ sticks (½ cup plus 2 tablespoons) butter or margarine
1¼ cups sugar
3 eggs
1½ cups flour, sifted
¼ cup milk
2 to 3 firm cooking apples such as Granny Smith
½ cup sugar, for apple slices
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Slivered almonds (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour pan an 8½-inch or 9-inch
spring-form pan.
2. Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
3. In a medium-sized mixing bowl beat butter until light. Gradually
beat in sugar until fluffy. Beat in first egg, then second egg. Beat in ¼ cup
of flour mixture, then third egg. Slowly mix in remaining flour mixture,
alternating with the ¼ cup of milk or water. Pour into prepared pan and smooth
top.
4. Peel apples; core and cut each into 6 to 8 wedges. Mix the ½ cup
sugar with cinnamon. Roll apple wedges in cinnamon sugar and press wedges into
cake batter all over the entire cake. Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon sugar over
the top of the cake.
5. If desired sprinkle a few slivered almonds over the top of the
cake.
6. Bake 1 – 1¼ hours, until cake tester inserted in center comes out
clean.
7. Cool 10-15 minutes then remove from pan.
10-12 Slices
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