Swedish Apple Cake Recipe

• 1½ cups White Sugar
• ½ cup Shortening
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1½ cups All-purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Cinnamon (ground)
• ½ tsp Nutmeg
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 3 cups Apples (peeled, cored and chopped)
• ½ cup Walnuts (chopped)Topping
• 3 tbsp Milk
• 2 tbsp Margarine
• 1½ cups Brown Sugar (packed)

• Preheat oven to 325 °F (165 °C).
• Grease an 8 x 8 inch baking dish.
• Take a mixing bowl and cream together white sugar and shortening.
• Add in the eggs and vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a second bowl.
• Stir the flour mixture into the eggs mixture slowly.
• Add in the chopped apples and walnuts. Mix well until evenly blended.
• Pour the batter into the greased dish.
• Bake the cake for about 40 minutes, until the top springs back when lightly touched.
• Remove and cool down to room temperature.
• For the topping, mix milk, margarine and brown sugar in a saucepan, over medium-low heat.
• Stir well to dissolve the brown sugar.
• Cook till the margarine has melted.
• Pour the topping over the cake.