Cream shortening and sugar well together, add unbeaten egg and chopped apples. Mix well together with spoon (not electric mixer); sift flour, cinnamon and soda, and add to mixture. Nuts may be added. Bake in round or square cake pan (about 2 inches deep) for 25 or 30 minutes at 350 degrees. The top of cake will have a crisp, crunchy topping with no icing required.
MAPLE WALNUT CAKE
1½ cups sugar ½ cup shortening ½ teaspoon mapaline {imitation maple extract} 2 eggs 1 cup milk 2 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt
Cream sugar, shortening, mapaline and eggs. Add milk and other dry ingredients. Mix well, then add ½ cup walnuts.
ICING
4 tablespoons butter ½ teaspoon mapaline pinch of salt 1 egg 2 cups powdered sugar
Cream butter, mapaline and egg. Add salt and powdered sugar.
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