Dutch Apple Cake

Dutch Apple Cake

1/4 cup butter or shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup milk

3/4 tsp vanilla

1 apple, sliced very thin

Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk. Beat well. Have the apples ready. Pour cake mixture into well-greased 8" pan, then place apple slices close together over top of cake and sprinkle cinnamon and generous amounts of sugar and buts of butter here and there. a few raisins may also be added. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. This is a Fireman's Wife recipe from the Boston Globe Cookbook.
submitted by: Saralynn Jensen