German Apple Cake

I've made this German Apple Cake a few times now, it tastes great and I love that it doesn't make a huge cake, it's maybe only 1" thick. The recipe calls for 3-4 apples and without planning ahead I usually only have 2 large ones so that's what I use. While they may be snuggled up all cozy together before baking... Once the cake puffs up that extra apple would be nice! It's still very tasty though:@)

Note: The original recipe calls for a lot of sugar, you have plenty of room to cut back.

German Apple Cake-adapted from A Spoonful of Sugar
1/2 C butter, softened
1 C sugar-I use 1/2 C
2 eggs
1 C A/P flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 C sugar-I used 1 1/2 Tblsp
1 tsp cinnamon
3-4 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced-I used 2 large apples

1. Cream the butter and sugar, mix in the eggs.
2. Mix in the dry and spread the batter into a greased 9" spring form pan (batter will be thick). I only have an 8" pan so that's what I used.
3. Mix the additional sugar and cinnamon with the apples and arrange them in a circular pattern over the batter. You should have an outer ring and an inner ring. Press the apples into the batter lightly. I just arrange the apples and sprinkle the cinnamon/sugar over them. I usually end up with leftover broken little bits of apple too so I pile them into the center.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 50-60 minutes. 
5. Cool completely and traditionally it's served with a dusting of powdered sugar.

Happy Baking Everyone:@)

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