2 c Thickly sliced,pared,apples
Water as needed
A little lemon juice
2 1/2 c Flour
2 ts Baking powder
3/4 c Butter
1 1/2 c Sugar
4 ea Eggs, separated
1 ts Cinnamon
2 ts Sugar for sprinkling
Put apples into water with lemon juice. Sift flour
and baking powder together. Cream butter and sugar
until very light, and add the egg yolks to them, one
at at time, beating well after each addition. In
another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff but not
dry. Lightly fold flour and egg whites alternately
into the batter with a wooden spoon. Butter a pan
heavily, and dust it with flour and sprinkle with the
cinnamon and sugar. Pour the batter over the apples.
Bake in a preheated 300 F. oven for 45 min. Cool
completely before removing the cake from the pan.
Yields
1 Servings