recipes

from Santa's kitchen

RUSSIAN APPLE CAKE (Farfar’s favourite)

250ml sugar
125g margarine or butter
3 eggs
250ml flour
15ml baking powder
pinch salt
65ml milk
765g can of pie apples
45ml cinamon sugar

Topping:
125 g butter
250ml sugar
125ml milk

Cream sugar and margarine together until light and fluffy. Aff eggs gradually, beating continuously. Sift flour, baking-powder and salt together and add alternately with milk. Mix well to form a dropping consistency. Spoon mixture into a deep 300 x 300mm ovenproof baking dish, gently press pie apples into mixture. Sprinkle cinamon sugar over apples and bake at 180C, 30 to 35 minutes.

Topping:
Combine butter, sugar and milk in a suacepan and disolve over low heat. Bring to boil andcook for a few minutes. Pour over warm apple cake. Serve hot or cold with cream.