Old Fashion Dried Apple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 egg
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3 c. self-rising flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. shortening

Preparation

Put egg in a large mixing bowl and beat well.
Add all the other ingredients, except flour.
Mix well, then add flour to make a very firm dough.
Put the dough out on a dough board which has been sprinkled with flour.
Knead with hands to make the dough smooth.
Pinch off a ball about the size of a small orange. Spread in bottom of 8-inch cake pan.
Repeat with other dough to make as many layers as you want.