Dutch Apple Cake With Hot Lemon Sauce

Submitted by Steve P.

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

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 15
• 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.

Reviews

[rickie]

I 'halved' this recipe for just two of us and it worked out perfectly. It was just scrumptious. I had thought it would be sufficient for 2 nights.. but was so good we ate the whole thing in 1 nite. Yummy!