Mom’s apple cake which never made it to dinner. As we all walked by and ‘evened it out’.

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
3 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c Crisco (scant)
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. liquid (sour cream, milk, o.j.)
6-8 apples

Instructions

Cut fat into flour with knife and then mix in mixer with sugar, baking powder, salt until it is mealy. Add eggs, vanilla and sour cream.

Method 1. cover bottom of greased pan with half the dough. Slice apples over it and cover apples with cinnamon and sugar. Put remaining dough on top. Sprinkle w sugar an cinnamon. Bake 350 about 45 minutes.

Method 2. Cover bottom of pan with all the dough. Slice apples on top Cover with cinnamon and sugar and streussel topping.

Streussel Topping:
1/2 stick butter
1/2 c flour
1/2 cup sugar
Run in mixer until lumpy. Press on top of apples. Bake 350 about 45 minutes.