Very Fine German Apple Cake Recipes

GERMAN APPLE CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch cake pan.
• In a mixing bowl; beat oil and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat well.
• Combine the flour salt, baking soda, and ground cinnamon together in a bowl. Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick. Fold in the apples by hand using a wooden spoon. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cake cool on a wire rack. Once cake is cool serve with a dusting of confectioners' sugar or with a Cream Cheese Frosting.

GERMAN APPLE CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and four a 9x13 inch pan. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine eggs, oil and sugar. Beat until foamy. Add flour mixture and beat well. Add vanilla and stir in chopped apples and walnuts. Pour into a 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool, then spread with cream cheese frosting.
• To make the frosting: In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, softened butter, confectioners sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth, then spread on cake.

VERY FINE GERMAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease 11 inch springform.
• Preheat oven to 350°F or 180°C.
• For the topping: Peel, quarter and core apples.
• Make lengthwise cuts on the outer rounded side 1/8 inch apart, so that the apple quarter still holds together but will cook quicker.
• Brush with lemon juice to avoid browning.
• For the batter: Mix flour with baking powder.In a bowl cream butter with sugar, vanilla and lemon peel with a mixer.
• Add eggs, one at a time.
• Beat until mixture turns light yellow and has increased in volume.
• Add half of the flour and 1 tbs milk, mixing just until blended.
• Add rest of flour.
• Dough should have the consistency to drop slowly and heavily from a spoon, forming long tips.
• If too firm add another tbs of milk, if to soft add another tbs of flour.
• Mix to blend.
• Pour batter into greased form.
• Make a level surface with a wet spatula.
• Arrange apple quarters rounded side up on the dough to make a nice pattern,but leave a 1/2 inch rim along the side of your form.
• Apples will sink into dough while baking.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Sprinkle with raisins (optional).
• Put in the middle of the oven.
• Bake for 40-50 min at 350°F, until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
• Remove cake from oven.
• Melt apricot jam with water over low heat, pass through a sieve and brush the hot cake with it.
• Remove cake from the springform,let cool and serve with whipped cream.

MRS. VOLLMER'S GERMAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• For the crust:.
• Blend the softened butter with the sugar thoroughly.
• When creamy, add egg yolks vanilla and salt.
• Mix well.
• Blend in flour gradually, mixing lightly by hand until a homogenous mass.
• Pat dough into a 12" rectangular pyrex baking dish until it is evenly distributed over the bottom and part way up the sides.
• For the filling:.
• Peel and core apples and slice them into fairly thin slices.
• Sprinkle the slices with lemon juice, cinnamon and sugar as you go, placing them into a bowl, until all the apples are sliced.
• Warm the jam.
• If it is in a glass jar, loosen the lid and place the jar in a small pot of water, with the water coming half way up the side of jar.
• Simmer over low heat until jam is soft.
• Spread half the jam on the surface of the crust, and then place the apples, slightly overlapping, in as many rows as the bottom will take.
• If you are using Mackintosh apples, they will shrink more and tend to break.
• Keep your prettiest slices for the top, and arrange them attractively.
• Using a pastry brush, spread the rest of the jam across the the top of the cake.
• Sprinkle the top with almonds (I always leave this out unless I'm making it for a certain person).
• Bake in a 350° oven for about an hour, until crust and apples are golden.

GERMAN APPLE CAKE WITH SWEET DRIZZLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs; mix well. Beat in milk and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; beat into creamed mixture just until moistened. With lightly floured hands, pat into a greased 9-in. springform pan. Arrange apples over the top., Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from pan. Combine the confectioners' sugar, butter and milk; drizzle over the top.