Originally Posted by
Elisabrat
We have a similar recipe the kids always made. sliced fresh TART apples. in bottom of a rectangular baking dish. cover with one box of white or yellow cake mix. (not made up just dry cake mix) top with one cube of melted butter drizzled all over the top. bake 30 minutes at 350. its a good sweet cobbler like dish that is wonderful topped with ice cream. I suggest the tarter the apple you use the better. a sweet apple combined with the cake mix is way way too sweet!
What is a "cube of butter"? I know that out west, the butter comes is short sticks. 1/4 pound per short stick. They are put into the box in different configuration than we do also. I forgot just how it is done, since I haven't been west for a few years.
Here in the midwest, we get butter in 4 inch long sticks. The measurements are marked on the paper so that you can cut off about half an inch to get one Tablespoon of butter. That works really slick and is so easy to measure, especially when you need three or five tablespoons.