This
was Mom's absolute *favorite* homemade cake. It's easy... it's delicious... and
it's guaranteed to stir up a lot of good memories over a cup of hot coffee or a
glass of milk. I double the Lemon Sauce recipe - we like a lot of sauce. And if
you've got apples that are almost past eating, they'll be perfect for this
recipe - even if they're a bit soft and the peal is beginning to look a little
shriveled.
Preheat
oven to 350º. Spray 9"X13" baking dish with Pam. Then,
for
Cake, mix:
1
1.2 C Sugar
½ C
Butter (1 Cube)
2
Eggs
1
tsp Vanilla
Then
add:
11/2
C Flour
1
tsp Baking Soda
¼
tsp Salt
1
tsp Cinnamon
3 C
Cubed Apples
Spread
batter in baking dish - yes, 'spread'. This is hardly a 'batter'... it's very
thick. The apples provide most of the moisture.
Bake
for 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold with Lemon Sauce:
Mix:
¼ C
Flour
1 C
Sugar
Add:
1
tbsp Vinegar
Stir
until thickened. Leave on heat and add:
¼ C
Butter
2
tsp Vanilla
2
tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
Mable's Way-Easy Fruit
Cobbler
Mama
used to make this using peaches, mostly. Served hot out of the oven with a
scoop of vanilla ice cream, it's unbelievable how good it is... and it's even
better if you start with three cups fresh peaches, peeling them, slicing them
and bringing them just to the boil with a couple tablespoons of sugar and a
splash of sweet wine. The difference between canned and fresh is unforgettable!
Preheat
oven to 350º. Spray a 9"X13" baking dish with Pam. Set aside.
Mix:
1 C
Self-Rising Flour
(If
you have All-Purpose Flour, use it and add a couple teaspoons of Baking Powder)
Dash
of Salt
1 C
Sugar
1 C
Milk
1
#303 Can of Sliced Peaches (or other fruit) packed in syrup
Butter
Cinnamon
Mix
the dry ingredients before adding the milk. Whisk until smooth. Pour into
baking dish. Drain fruit a bit, leaving just enough juice to float on the
surface of the batter; place fruit
evenly on top of batter and drizzle on some of the juice. Dot with
butter. Sprinkle with Cinnamon.
Bake
for about 45-50 minutes, or until batter puffs up and turns golden brown and
delicious.
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"Some people like to
paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement.
Other people get a
tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking
is just as creative and
imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music."
~Julia Child
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