Cookie Butter Cake Recipe

Hello, my name is Dubba and my son has food allergies. Since he can't eat many of the things I grew up on, sometimes I get a little crazy in the kitchen. Now I don't have any kind of culinary experience (or natural talent) that for many would tell you "hey, don't do that, it's a terrible idea". I've had more than my share of these bad ideas, but every now and then, my foolishness gets lucky.

"Cookie Butter Cake" (me) or "Cookie Spread Bread" (my son)

A Breakfast Tradition: AP Cake

I've always been bothered by something on the internet: Why can't I find an Appie Cake recipe? I mean, am I calling it the wrong thing? Am I spelling it wrong? Is it Apie or Apee? You see, Appie cake was something I grew up on, yet according to Google, it doesn't seem to exist. 97 billion webpages can't be wrong... or can they? Update: Couldn't find it because it's listed as AP Cake Recipe or A.P. Cake Recipe, which does seem to translate well to All Purpose cake.

Ok, I know this has nothing to do with ice cream, but we do occasionally bake here at the scoop, so I present to you a mild yet satisfying treat. Traditionally served as or with breakfast, Appie cake is great plain or served with butter. (excuse me while I add Appie to my spelling dictionary so it stops trying to correct it). Where does it come from? I don't really know. Amish? not sure. Pennsylvania Dutch? yeah, maybe... probably, iunno, maybe someone can chime in and let us know.

Appie Cake Recipe
 1/2 cup (1 stick) of salted butter or margarine
 2.5 cups of flour
 1/2 tsp baking soda
 1 tsp baking powder
 1 cup dark brown sugar
 1 egg
 1/2 cup milk
 Cane sugar for sprinkles

[sometimes I add a bit of cinnamon]

Here goes: Preheat the over to 350 degrees. 

Mix the Flour, baking soda and baking powder. Next, stir in the dark brown sugar. Now, thoroughly blend in the (room temp) butter or margarine [my mom always used margarine, though we've been trying it with butter recently].

Beat the egg into the half cup of milk and put into the mixture. You're going to wind up with a pasty batter. Spread this into a 9" pie plate (nice and flat). Sprinkle with sugar (Cane sugar works great). Now put it in the oven for 40-45 minutes.

I took mine out at 42 minutes (when a toothpick came clean from the center).

That's it, you're done! Pretty simple! I've stated before I'm no chef, and this recipe may not be perfect, but it should get you pretty close to what you are looking for. I think I remember it being just a little more moist, but maybe I just need to keep adding milk til I get it perfect. Then I was wondering if I should have used unsalted butter, but considering my mom always used margarine (which is salted), I don't really know. If you have any suggestions (or an alternate recipe), let me know! [below is a close up of final result]

Serving Suggestion: We use to cut it like a pie as a kid, but a 3/4" thick rectangular piece works as well. Put on your favorite buttery spread to make it perfect.