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Apple Cake

Cooking time: 60 minutes
Servings: 8

A true autumn cake: warm and soft with a slightly crisp top, where the fresh tartness of the apples meets sweetness and a hint of cinnamon. Perfect on an autumn day with a spoonful of cold crème fraîche or whipped cream.

Apple Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 200 g sugar
  • 100 g butter
  • 200 g all-purpose flour
  • 4 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 apples
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 tsp sugar

Instructions

  1. Whisk eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. Melt the butter and whisk it in.
  3. Fold in flour, vanilla sugar, and baking powder, then pour the mixture into a springform pan.
  4. Chop 1 apple into cubes and mix it into the batter.
  5. Slice the remaining two apples and arrange them on top of the cake.
  6. Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the cake.
  7. Bake at 180°C (conventional oven) for 35 - 40 minutes. The cake should be slightly gooey inside.
  8. Serve with crème fraîche or whipped cream.

Apple Cake

Cake and sweets
Apple Cake

A true autumn cake: warm and soft with a slightly crisp top, where the fresh tartness of the apples meets sweetness and a hint of cinnamon. Perfect on an autumn day with a spoonful of cold crème fraîche or whipped cream.

Posted on 9/23/2025

Servings

8

Total time

1 hour

Servings

8

Total time

1 hour

Ingredients

•
2 eggs
•
200 g sugar
•
100 g butter
•
200 g all-purpose flour
•
4 tsp vanilla sugar
•
1 tsp baking powder
•
3 apples
•
2 tsp cinnamon
•
3 tsp sugar

Instructions

1

Whisk eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.

2

Melt the butter and whisk it in.

3

Fold in flour, vanilla sugar, and baking powder, then pour the mixture into a springform pan.

4

Chop 1 apple into cubes and mix it into the batter.

5

Slice the remaining two apples and arrange them on top of the cake.

6

Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the cake.

7

Bake at 180°C (conventional oven) for 35 - 40 minutes. The cake should be slightly gooey inside.

8

Serve with crème fraîche or whipped cream.


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