Ingredients
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup shortening or butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sorghum
3 eggs beaten
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Sauce Ingredients
4 1/2 cup dried apples
1/2 tsp each of ginger, cloves and allspince
Directions
Cake Directions:
Sift and mix all dry ingredients,
Cream together shortening, sugar, and sorghum.
Add eggs, milk, and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
Put batter, 3/4 inch thick, into 6 greased and floured pans (9-inch). Batter will be thick, may need to pat even with floured hand. Bake at 350° F. Won't take long. Cool.
Sauce Directions:
Cook apples in enough water to cover; watch closely that they don't burn; they should be quite thick when done. Add sugar, if desired, and spices. Cool.
Spread between layers and on top of cake. Cover, let stand several hours or overnight.
Editor's Notes: Apple filling can be fresh green apples but dried apples are much better, sweetening the apples to taste after cooking and drying. If fresh apples are used it is best to thicken a little with cornstarch. Best to use allspice to flavor the apples.
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup shortening or butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sorghum
3 eggs beaten
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Sauce Ingredients
4 1/2 cup dried apples
1/2 tsp each of ginger, cloves and allspince
Directions
Cake Directions:
Sift and mix all dry ingredients,
Cream together shortening, sugar, and sorghum.
Add eggs, milk, and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
Put batter, 3/4 inch thick, into 6 greased and floured pans (9-inch). Batter will be thick, may need to pat even with floured hand. Bake at 350° F. Won't take long. Cool.
Sauce Directions:
Cook apples in enough water to cover; watch closely that they don't burn; they should be quite thick when done. Add sugar, if desired, and spices. Cool.
Spread between layers and on top of cake. Cover, let stand several hours or overnight.
Editor's Notes: Apple filling can be fresh green apples but dried apples are much better, sweetening the apples to taste after cooking and drying. If fresh apples are used it is best to thicken a little with cornstarch. Best to use allspice to flavor the apples.
