Apfelkuchen Apple Cake Recipes

VERSUNKEN APFELKUCHEN (GERMAN APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F.
• Toss the apple slices and lemon juice together and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar using an electric hand mixer, until pale and smooth. Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
• Add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until well incorporated.
• Slowly add the milk, mixing as you add, until the batter is smooth. (Your batter should be thick but pour-able.)
• Pour the batter into a greased 10" spring form pan*.
• Nestle the apple slices into the batter, pushing them into the batter lightly.
• Bake the cake for 35-40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake (not into an apple) comes out clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 15 minutes in the pan. Run a knife around the edges of the cake and remove the spring form edge. Let the cake continue to cool on a wire rack.
• Dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar immediately before serving.

OMA'S APFELKUCHEN (GRANDMA'S APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Let egg yolks stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Starting 1/2 in. from 1 end, cut apple halves lengthwise into 1/4-in. slices, leaving them attached at the top so they fan out slightly. Set aside., Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, sift flour, cornstarch, cream of tartar, baking powder and salt twice. Gradually beat into creamed mixture. Add milk; mix well (batter will be thick)., Spread batter into a greased 9-in. springform pan wrapped in a sheet of heavy-duty foil. Gently press apples, round side up, into batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs, 45-55 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife; remove foil. Cool 1 hour longer. Remove rim from pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

APFELKUCHEN (APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Grease the bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch baking dish or a 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat 2 1/4 cup flour, milk, 1/4 cup sugar, yeast, 6 tablespoons butter, vanilla extract, and 1 pinch salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high until dough is smooth, about 5 minutes; spread into baking dish and press dough up the sides. Press apple slices into dough.
• Mix 1 cup sugar, 3/4 cup flour, candied lemon peel, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1 pinch salt in a bowl. Cut in 1/2 cup butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; sprinkle over apples. Allow dough to rise for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake in preheated oven until cake is golden brown and apples are tender, about 35 minutes.

VERSUNKENER APFELKUCHEN (GERMAN SUNKEN APPLE CAKE)

Steps:

• Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar and mix until well combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Mix 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoon flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to batter and mix until batter is smooth.
• Peel and quarter apples. Remove core and cut apples like a fan from the outside towards the inside but do not cut all the way through.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a springform pan with butter.
• Spoon batter into the prepared springform pan and spread out evenly. Set cut apple quarters in a circle into the batter with the round, cut side facing up. Gently push apples into the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake is golden brown, about 45 minutes.
• Remove from oven, allow to cool, and dust cooled cake with confectioners' sugar.

SUNNY'S EASY APFELKUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• For the apples: Add the lemon juice and 2 cups of water to a large bowl and stir. Add the apple wedges. Set aside.
• For the batter: Add the cake mix to a large bowl. Whisk together the cider, sour cream and eggs in a separate bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the cake mix and stir until combined.
• For the streusel: Add the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon sugar to a large bowl. Stir to combine. Using a box grater, shred the chilled butter into the bowl. Use a pastry cutter or fork to mix and toss the mixture until crumbly. Place back in the refrigerator if needed while preparing to bake.
• To assemble: Spray the bottoms and sides of a 9-inch springform cake pan with cooking spray. Place a circle of parchment paper on the bottom and spray again. Pour half of the cake batter in the pan. Sprinkle the top with half of the streusel mixture, then add half of the apple slices in a circular fanning pattern. Repeat the layers and dust the top with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake until a wooden skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes. Cool on a rack for 30 minutes before releasing the spring form.
• For serving: Serve the cake slices with Sunny's Bourbon Whipped Cream.
• In a large bowl, whisk the heavy cream until light and soft. Add the bourbon and granulated sugar and continue to whisk until soft, lazy peaks form when the whisk is removed from the bowl. Refrigerate and serve cold.

GERMAN APPLE CAKE (WIENER APFELKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Gather the crust ingredients.
• Whisk together flour, sugar, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
• Cut in cold butter for pie dough until small crumbs form.
• Use 4 to 6 tablespoons of the egg-water mixture to moisten the crumbs. Stir just until the mixture forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Gather the batter ingredients.
• Cut each quarter apple into 3 long pieces, then cut crosswise into small trapezoids. Sprinkle with lemon juice, toss and set aside.
• Beat together softened butter with sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and lemon zest.
• Whisk together flour with baking powder (and a dash of salt if using unsalted butter) in a separate small bowl. Add to creamed butter mixture alternately with whipping cream and beat until smooth. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350F. Butter an 11-inch springform pan and sprinkle with breadcrumbs or flour, shaking out excess.
• Roll out the crust and line the pan, piecing crust as necessary to form a 1- to 1 1/2-inch lip.
• Place drained apple slices in the crust.
• Spoon cake batter over apple slices as if setting dumpling batter on a stew, then smooth over apples to edges.
• Sprinkle 2 tablespoons almond slices then 4 tablespoons granulated sugar evenly over batter.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, then turn off the oven and leave the cake for another 15 minutes. The crust should be golden brown and filling should be moist but set.
• Allow cake to cool completely in the pan for best taste. Serve with whipped cream . Refrigerate any leftovers.

APPLE CAKE (APFELKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Cake:.
• In a large bowl, cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and lemon extract; beat well.
• In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition.
• Pour mixture into a lightly greased and floured 10-1/2"x14-3/4" pan. Top with filling and bake for 1 hour or until cake tests done.
• Filling:.
• Combine all ingredients in a bowl; mix well. Spread over cake to cover.

APFELKUCHEN - APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Crumble yeast into a bowl; add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/2 cup of milk mixture.
• Let stand until yeast is liquefied.
• Add 1/2 cup of milk mixture and one cup of flour; beat until smooth.
• Set in a warm place to rise, about two hours.
• Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and salt, beat well and add remaining diluted milk and flour alternatively.
• Beat in yeast mixture.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk or in refrigerator overnight.
• When doubled in bulk, press dough out into a thin layer in well buttered 10 x 14 pans.
• Wash apples, peel, core and cut into 1/4" thick slices; dip in butter and place in parallel rows on the dough, having apples slightly overlapping.
• Sprinkle generously with brown sugar.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Let dough rise until double in bulk, about 1/2 hour.
• Bake for approximately 1/2 hour.