Apple and prune kuchen - country living

Yield: 10 servings

Measure Ingredient
½ cup (1 stick) plus 2 T butter, softened
¾ cup Granulated sugar
2 \N Large eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup Unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 mediums Red baking apples
10 \N Pitted prunes flavored with lemon or orange essence
¼ cup Firmly packed light-brcrwn sugar
¼ cup Light corn syrup
¼ teaspoon Ground cinnamon

1. Grease and flour an 8-inch springform pan. Heat oven to 350'F. In large bowl, with electric mixer on md speed, beat ½ C butter and the granulated sugar until well mixed. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

2. Reduce mixer speed to low; gradually beat in flour and baking powder until smooth and fluffy. Spread batter into prepared pan and set aside.

3. Peel, core, and cut 1 apple into thin slices. Cut each prune in half. Scatter prunes over batter. Arrange apple slices in concentric circle, overlapping very slightly, over prunes and batter. Arrange leftover slices in center.

4. Bake 70 to 75 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack until wann or to room temperature.

5. Meanwhile, cut remaining apple in half and remove core with melon-ball cutter. Thinly slice unpeeled apple into wedges.

6. In 2-quart saucepan, melt remaining 2 T butter over md heat. Add apples and sautd until soft-about 1 minute. Remove to bowl. Add brown sugar, corn syrup, and cinnamon to saucepan and heat to boiling. Boil mixture 3 min- utes or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat.

7. Remove rim of pan from cake. Transfer cake to serving plate.

Drizzle top of cake lightly with half of sugar mixture. Arrange apple slices on top. Drizzle top of cake with remaining sugar mixture.

Serve cake warrn or at room temperature.

Country Living/Oct/93 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG Submitted By LAWRENCE KELLIE On 03-04-95

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