Caramel Apple Cake (my family's favorite)

1/2 cup crisco
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1-1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups apples - cut up fine
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups sifted flour
1/3 cup water

Top with Spanish Icing or cinnamon-sugar-butter crumbs. Oven 350 degrees.

Spanish Icing:
To the whites of 2 eggs 
beaten till stiff 
add 1 cup brown sugar and beat again. 
Put on top of raw batter. 
Nuts may be sprinkled on top. 
Bake with cake.