Ingredients

  • 12 cup Crisco
  • 12 pint sour cream
  • 12 cup sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 cups apples, pared, cored and diced
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

Method

  • Cream Crisco, sugar and vanilla thoroughly.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Sift flour with baking powder and soda.
  • Add to cream mixture, alternately with sour cream, blending after each addition.
  • Spread half of the batter in a 10-inch tube pan that has been greased and lined on the bottom with waxed paper.
  • Cream butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together.
  • Add apples and nuts.
  • Mix well.
  • Dot batter in pan evenly with half of the apple mixture.
  • Cover with remaining batter.
  • Then dot with remaining apple mixture.
  • Bake in preheated-oven, 350 about 50 minutes.
  • Cool cake 10 minutes before removing from pan.