Apple Cake
We had an Ein Sheimer apple tree. The apples are incredibly tart, and although they are practically inedible fresh off the tree, they are the best cooking apples in the world.
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1/2 c. butter 1 c. sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 c. flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 c. pineapple juice 2 apples, cored (but not peeled) and thinly sliced |
Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees and butter a cake or loaf pan. Cream the butter and sugar with a fork (easy if the butter is room temperature). Beat in the eggs. Beat in the pineapple juice (you can use a little 6 oz. can). Sift in the combined dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into the cake pan. Poke in the sliced apple in an attractive pattern, skin side up, which will create little red stripes, if it's a red apple. You can for a circle in a round pan, and a ladder-pattern in a loaf pan. Bake until lightly browned and springy.