3 tb Butter or margarine
1/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar
1 tb Finely chopped crystallized
-ginger
2 Cooking apples; peeled and
-thinly sliced
1 tb Lemon juice
1/2 c Butter or margarine;
-softened
1 c Sugar
2 lg Eggs
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 c Milk
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
Clean cast-iron skillet with soap and water. To prevent rusting, place in a
warm oven or on stove top over medium heat till water evaporates.
Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Remove from heat,
and sprinkle with brown sugar and ginger.
Toss apple slices with lemon juice, and arrange over brown sugar mixture;
set aside.
Beat 1/2 cup softened butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until
creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing
after each addition.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately
with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla. Spoon
evenly over apples.
Bake at 350? for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in skillet on a wire rack 5 minutes; invert onto
serving plate. Makes 1 (10-inch) cake.
Notes: Select tart, green-skinned Granny Smiths for cakes and pies.
Yields
1 Servings