Helen'S Apple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sifted flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter
1 egg
1 c. milk
11 to 12 medium-sized apples
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
Cut in butter.
Beat together egg and milk and add, stirring quickly until dry ingredients are thoroughly moistened.
Spread in pan (13 1/2 x 8 3/4-inch).
Peel and core apples.
Slice from blossom to stem, making 1/2-inch thick slices.
Stick these end down into the dough very close together.
Mix sugar and cinnamon; dust over apples. Sprinkle over the nuts.
Cover the pan and bake in oven (350\u00b0 to 375\u00b0) for 15 minutes.
Remove cover and continue to bake until apples are done.
Serve warm.