Irish Apple Cake
Dear Aunt Daisy, Herewith I send you a recipe which I do not think has ever appeared in your page, but which is the one which, for | over fifty years, in my family, has easily | held its place as favourite of all apple | recipes. Try it yourself and I am sure | you will agree with me that it deserves to be. more widely known.
"Mr.
G.B.
W.
Timaru.
Good % 1b. shortening (butter or godd dripping), 2 large cups of flour, 1% cup of sugar, a little salt, 1 good teaspoonful of baking powder. Mix the dry ingredients togethér; rub in the shortening and mix into a_ stiff dough with water. Divide into two parts; roll out | ‘one and cover the bottom and sides of | a baking dish with it. Then slice over prepared apples (or alternatively, half of an 8 oz. packet of dried slices which have been soaked for halt an hour). Cover with ¥% cup sugar; roll out the other half of pastry, place over the top, pressing down all round. Note: The whole should not exceed two inches in depth. Bake in a moderate oven for about 1 hour (or less). Serve hot; and any left-over may be fe-heated and will be found to be as good as ever. )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 811, 11 February 1955, Page 23
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214Irish Apple Cake New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 811, 11 February 1955, Page 23
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