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apfel kuchen (apple cake)

(1 rating)
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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!

(1 rating)
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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