Dutch Apple Cake With Hot Lemon Sauce

Dutch Style apple cake with a sweet yet tart lemon sauce. A nice change of pace treat.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• For Cake

• 2  cups flour
• 1  tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter, chilled
• 2⁄3 cup milk
• 1  egg, well beaten
• 4  sour apples
•  sugar
•  cinnamon

• For Hot Lemon Sauce

• 1  cup sugar
• 2  tablespoons cornstarch
• 2  cups boiling water
• 1  lemon, juice and zest of
• 2  tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Mix and sift dry ingredients.
3. Cut in butter.
4. Add milk and egg, and mix quickly.
5. Spread dough in a shallow greased 8x8-inch pan.
6. Pare, core, and slice apples; press into dough.
7. Bake 30 minutes.
8. Serve with hot lemon sauce:
9. In a saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch.
10. Add boiling water, stirring constantly.
11. Cook 8 to 10 minutes.
12. Add zest, lemon juice, and butter.
13. Serve over Apple Cake.