Have a great time trying out this easy and delicious German recipe and Bon Appétit!
If you liked my German Apple Cake With Crumble Topping recipe, you might also like my simple recipe for Königsberger Klopse
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German Apple Cake With Crumble Topping
Ingredients
For the cake batter:
- 130 g Butter
- ½ cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Sachet Vanilla sugar
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
For the apple filling:
- 2 lb Apples, Weight BEFORE peeling and coring
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 40 g sugar Optional
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the sprinkles:
- 160 g Flour
- 80 g Sugar
- 80 g Butter
- 1 Sachet Vanilla sugar
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
- Grease a 26 cm springform pan and line the bottom of the pan with baking paper.
For the cake batter:
- Knead all ingredients for the cake dough with the dough hook until a smooth dough is obtained.
- Then wrap the dough in a piece of cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, preheat the oven to 180 degrees top and bottom heat.
For the apple-filling:
- Peel and core the apples. Then halve them and cut them into small pieces.
- Sprinkle the apple pieces with lemon juice, add the cinnamon and mix everything well.
For the crumble dough:
- Knead flour, sugar, butter, vanilla sugar and cinnamon in a bowl with your hands to form crumbles.
Assemble:
- Roll out the cake dough in a circle on a floured work surface.
- Then put the dough into the springform pan and make a rim about 4 cm high with your hands.
- Tip: If you do not succeed, you can also press the dough completely into the springform pan with your hands. You can also roll out a part of the dough directly on the bottom of the springform pan and form a border with the rest of the dough.
- Now spread the apple filling in the springform pan.
- Finally spread the crumbles as a topping on the apple pie.
- Now bake the apple pie for about 55 minutes on a medium rack.
- Tip: If the crumbles get too dark, you can cover them with aluminum foil.
- After the baking time, take the cake out and let it cool down before removing it from the springform pan.
looks great!