The Apple Cake Collection

1. Chocolate chips contain additives that help them hold their shape while baking. 2. Semisweet and Bittersweet Chocolate are interchangeable in recipes. 3. 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon. 4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup. 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup, 2 cups = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon. 4. Bread (or other yeast doughs) usually call for two rise times. 5. Full-fat buttermilk, sour cream, and greek yogurt can be interchanged in equal proportion. 6. If a recipe calls for whole milk and you only have skim, add 2 tablespoons of melted butter. 7. Place 2-3 marshmallows in your bag of brown sugar to keep it from hardening. 8. Always cool your baked treats to room temperature before wrapping or covering them. 9. When a recipe calls for sifting, measure first, then sift. 10. Don’t give up!

Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg apples, peeled, cored 150 g granulated sugar 150 g breadcrumbs 80 g butter 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 80 g raisins 2 tbsp rum pastry 100 g butter, to brush Preparation: 1. Quarter the apples, cut into slices approx. 3 mm thick. 2. Heat the butter in a pan, add breadcrumbs, roast until golden brown, chill. 3. Mix apples with crystal and vanilla sugar as well as cinnamon, rum and raisins. 4. Roll up the strudel dough, brush with liquid butter, pull out thinly on a floured cloth, cut off the edges. 5. Sprinkle strudel dough with breadcrumb mixture, group apples on top, roll tight, close ends. 6. Place on a buttered baking sheet, brush vigorously again with liquid butter, bake in the preheated oven at 220 ° C for about 40 minutes. 7. Sprinkle with icing sugar, serve warm or cold. Source of recipe: Sent in by Brigitte via Postcrossing

Ingredients: Filling: 75 g sugar 1 tbsp untreated lemon peel 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 cinnamon stick 500 g sour apples Dough: 200 g butter 150 g sugar 4 eggs 1 tbsp untreated lemon peel 200 g flour fat and 2 tbsp breadcrumbs for the form 2 tbsp powdered sugar to dust Preparation: 1. Boil 200 ml water with sugar, lemon, lemon zest and cinnamon stick and switch off the stove. 2. Slice the apples and add to the lemon stock. 3. Bring to the boil and simmer covered for 2 minutes and then let cool. 4. Mix the butter and sugar until frothy. 5. Add eggs and lemon zest and finally mix in the flour. 6. Preheat the oven to 175°C. 7. Grease springform and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. 8. Smooth out half of the dough in the form. 9. Drain the apples and spread them on the dough without cinnamon stick. 10. Spread the rest of the dough over it. 11. Bake the cake on the bottom shelf for about 40 minutes. 12. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving. Source of recipe: Sent...

Ingredients: Dough: 1 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 cups flour 1 cup crushed walnuts Filling: 3/4 cup applesauce chocolate icing (eg. 8 tbsp icing sugar, 4 tbsp cocoa, 8 tbsp softened butter, a little vanilla) Preparation: 1. Beat together butter, sugar and egg in a large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. 2. Stir in lemon juice alternately with flour and walnuts. 3. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes. 4. Divide dough into 4 balls and flatten each to a 9'' circle. 5. Bake on greased pie dishes at 350°F for 20 minutes. 6. When cool, assemble: torte layer, applesauce, torte layer, chocolate, torte layer, applesauce, torte layer, chocolate. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Doreen via Postcrossing

Ingredients: 250 g flour 1 tsp baking powder 125 g margarine 225 g sugar 1 pinch of salt 1 egg 1 kg apples 100 g butter 1 package vanilla sugar 6 tbsp cream 125 g almond flakes Preparation: 1. Mix flour, baking powder, margarine, 75 g sugar, a pinch of salt and egg into a dough and put into a springform. 2. Slice apples into small pieces and spread on the dough. 3. Melt butter, add 150 g sugar, vanilla sugar, cream and almond flakes and spread over the apple filling. 4. Bake at 170°C for ca. 1 hour. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Ina via Postcrossing