Fresh Apple Cake

By

My Granny Ake's December 1946

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Crisco or oleo
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 tablespoons water
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • dissolve soda in water
  • 4 apples grated
  • Icing
  • 3 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 Tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cups chopped pecans

Preparation

Step 1

Cream Crisco, sugar, eggs,
add flour,baking powder, allspice,
cinnamon, vanilla, water with soda in it
Mix well stir in grated apples
bake 350* for 30 to 35 minutes in 2 cake pans
1 hour if cooked in tube pan

USE A BIG SAUCE PAN
cook together sugar and milk
to softball stage
remove from stove
add vanilla and butter
mix well
spread on cake
sprinkle on pecans
you can also add pecans to icing if you wish