Recipe: Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk)

My mom calls this "platsok iz yablok" and used a very similar recipe. Halyna

UKRAINIAN APPLE CAKE (YABLUCHNYK)
Adapted from source: Olga Drozd

Here is a delicious cake which is easy to prepare. Use this pastry base with pitted cherries or plums, or sliced peaches.

1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1/3 cup cream (or more)
4 apples
Sugar
Cinnamon
Butter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter an 8x10-inch baking pan.

Sift the flour with the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter until the mixture is crumbly.

Beat the egg and combine with the cream. Stir it into the flour mixture; mix lightly, handling the dough as little as possible. Pat it into prepared baking pan.

Pare the apples, cut into thin slices, and spread them over the dough.

Sprinkle the apples with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and dot with butter.

Bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees F) for about 25 minutes, or until done.