Apfelkuchen (apple cake)
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | Yeast; Dry, Active |
| 4 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | cups | Flour; Unbleached, |
| ¼ | cup | Butter or Margarine |
| 1 | Egg; Large | |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| 4 | cups | Apples; Tart, Sliced |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | cup | Raisins |
| ½ | cup | Almonds, slivered, blanched |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter |
| Confectioner's sugar | ||
Directions
CAKE
FILLING
CAKE: Mix yeast, salt, 4 T sugar, and ¾ cup flour. Add butter to milk.
Heat until very warm (120-130 degrees F.). Gradually add milk to flour mixture. Beat for 2 minutes. Add egg and ½ cup flour. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Mix in enough flour to form a soft dough. Knead for 5 to 10 minutes, until dough is shiny and elastic.
Place in greased bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. Pat dough into well-greased 10-inch springform pan pressing the dough 1½ inches up the sides of the pan. Or use 11x8 pan, grease well.
FILLING: Lay apple slices across bottom, combine sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over apples. Add raisins, butter, and almonds. Bake in a preheated 400 degree F. oven until pastry is brown and apples bubbly with syrup, about 45 minutes. Sprinkle confectioner's sugar over top.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Renate S." <redgrapes13@...> on Sep 28, 1998