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Apple Coffee Cake

Recipe No. 42 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Breads. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412 · Breads · Cake

Serves 100 servings
View source — TM 10-412 Army Recipes (War Department, 1944) ↗

Recipe No. 42 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Breads. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Directions

  1. Prepare quick coffee cake and spread in baking pans. Arrange 4 pounds (four No. 56 dippers) sliced apples over the top. Mix 1½ pounds (one No. 56 dipper) brown sugar, 1 ounce (3½ mess kit spoons) cinnamon and ¾ pound (½ mess kit cup) butter together. Sprinkle mixture over apples. Bake in moderate oven (375° F.) 30 to 35 minutes.

Notes

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 42, Breads. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.