The Apple Cake Collection

Ingredients: 500 g apples 375 g butter 1/2 package baking powder 1/2 tsp cinnamon 250 g butter pinch of salt 250 g sugar 4 eggs 50 g whipping cream powdered sugar Preparation: 1. Peel, quarter and core apples. Cut into slices. 2. Mix flour, baking powder and cinnamon. 3. Whisk butter, salt and sugar until creamy. 4. Add eggs, flour mix and cream. 5. Mix apples in.  6. Pour dough into a greased form. 7. Bake in preheated oven (150° C circulating air) 25 min. 8. Take out and dust with powdered sugar. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Birgit via Postcrossing

Ingredients: 120 g flour 30 g whole wheat flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp baking soda 100 g tofu (silk) 60 g soy milk 50 g canola oil 30 g beet sugar 2 tsp vinegar pinch of salt 20 g raisins 1/2 apple (steamed) Preparation: 1. Mix tofu, soy milk, canola oil, sugar, vinegar and salt in a bowl. 2. Add flour, whole wheat flour, cinnamon and baking soda and mix roughly. 3. Add raisins. 4. Fill dough into muffin forms. 5. Slice apple and put slices on top of the dough. 6. Preheat oven to 170°C and bake 25 min. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Yumie via Postcrossing

Ingredients: 250 g shortcrust 1000 g apples 150 g sugar 1 coffee spoon cinnamon 3 soup spoons milk 15 cl cream (crème fraiche) 2 eggs powdered sugar vanilla sugar cinnamon Preparation: 1. Roll out dough, butter a springform and line with dough (including a small edge). 2. Peel apples, quarter, core and cut evenly lengthways to reduce baking time. 3. Spread the apples circular on the dough and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. 4. Bake for 25 min in a very hot oven. 5. When the apples are baked, top with egg mass, cream and vanilla sugar. 6. Bake for 20 min. 7. Let the cake cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Eat lukewarm or cold. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Günther via Postcrossing

Ingredients: 4 big apples (Boskoop) 30 g butter + some more 2 tbsp sultanas 2 tbsp rum 40 g hazelnuts 2 tbsp honey 1 level tsp cinnamon 2 egg yolks 2 tbsp sugar Mark of a vanilla pod 1 tbsp food starch 1/4 l milk Preparation:  1. Wash apples, remove core and put into a form greased with butter. 2. Soak sultanas in rum for 10 minutes. 3. Roast hazelnuts and chop roughly. 4. Mix sultanas and nuts with honey and cinnamon and fill into apples, distribute the rest of the filling around the apples. 5. Put flakes of butter on top, cover the form with aluminium foil and bake in the oven for 30 min at 180°C. 6. For the sauce mix egg yolks, sugar and mark of a vanilla pod in a pot and beat with the hand mixer until creamy. 7. Add food starch while stirring. 8. Heat milk in a pot and add egg mixture at low heat into the milk, stirring constantly, until creamy. 9. Pour sauce over apples and enjoy. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Yvonne via Postcrossing

Ingredients: Applesauce with pieces Breadcrumbs Sugar Butter Whipped cream Powdered sugar Preparation: 1. Fill the applesauce into a baking dish. 2. Mix breadcrumbs and sugar. 3. Melt butter in a pan and brown the breadcrumb/sugar mix while stirring constantly. 4. Spread on the applesauce and let cool. 5. Whip the cream together with powdered sugar and spread in the baking dish. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Katy via Postcrossing