Apfelkuechen Apple Cake
From peetabear 14 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 6
this cake sounded good to me... loved the filling and the glaze of apricot and kirsch...there are 2 bakings on this one to pre cook the bottom so it doesn't get soggy..and the second to finish baking the cake.. the recipe is from The Chalet Inn Dillsboro / Bryson City, North Carolina
Ingredients
- 11 oz plain flour shopping list
- 8 oz sugar shopping list
- 5 oz butter shopping list
- 2 egg yolks shopping list
- pinch salt shopping list
- 1 lb cooking apples (or drained, canned apples) shopping list
- juice of 1 lemon shopping list
- pinch cinnamon shopping list
- 2 oz raisins shopping list
- 2 oz ground hazelnuts shopping list
- 2 oz ground almonds shopping list
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam shopping list
- 2 oz icing sugar shopping list
- 2 tablespoons kirsch or cherry brandy shopping list
How to make it
- Sieve the flour into a bowl. Stir in 5 oz of the sugar and rub in the butter. Add egg yolks and salt, and mix quickly to a dough. Chill for 20 minutes.
- Roll out half the dough to line a 10 inch flan ring. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 15 minutes.
- Peel, core and slice the apples and mix with remaining sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, raisins and nuts. Moisten with a little water to blend.
- Spoon into the baked pastry shell and smooth out. Roll out the remaining dough to cover the filling (you can also make decorative strips to cover the flan).
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Cool in the pan overnight.
- Warm the jam and spread over the cake.
- Combine the icing sugar and kirsch, spread over the jam and leave to set
The Rating
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Yum, yum, yum!
valinkenmore
in Malott loved it
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me too, love anything apples! great post!
midgelet
in Whereabouts loved it
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Mmmmm!!!Thank Peeta for the recipe...its sounds great!
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