The Apple Cake Collection

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

Ingredients: 110 g caster sugar 55 g butter 1 egg 110 g self-raising flour 1/2 tsp mixed spice  110 g currants 110 g sultanas 30 g mixed peel 110 g grated apple Preparation: 1. Beat together butter and sugar, followed by egg. 2. Combine dry ingredients, and fold into creamed mixture, along with apple. 3. Put into a greased and lined 20 cm round tin and smooth over top. 4. Bake at 180°C for about one hour, until browned and shrinking from edge of tin. Equally good cold as a cake or warm as a dessert with whipped cream. Serves 8. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Serena via Postcrossing

1. Creaming butter and sugar is a highly important baking step that people like to skimp on. 2. After baking, insert a long wooden skewer into the center-most part of the cake. If it comes out clean, turn off the oven and cool the cake on the counter. 3. Don’t overbake. 4. Use cooled baking sheets. 5. A combination of Baking Soda and Baking Powder is usually your best bet. 6. Invest in quality bakeware. 7. Toasting nuts. 8. Don’t over fill your pans. 9. The best chocolate contains only cocoa butter and no other fats. 10. When adding melted chocolate to a recipe, remember you are adding extra density and fat.

Ingredients: one glass flour one glass sugar three eggs apples Preparation: 1. Beat eggs well with sugar (about 15 minutes). 2. Little by little add the sifted flour and whisk everything. 3. Cut the apples on a plate to cover the tin and pour the dough evenly. 4. Bake for about 40 minutes at about 170 degrees, do not open the oven during baking. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Danute via Postcrossing

Ingredients: Dough: 1 tbsp rosemary needles 170 g wheat flour type 405 some flour for tarte form and work surface 100 g soft butter some butter to grease the form 1 tsp icing sugar 1 egg Filling: 50 g soft butter 50 g icing sugar 1 yolk 50 g of ground almonds 1 small lemon 600-800 g of apples 1 tbsp rosemary needles brown sugar to sprinkle Furthermore: 250 g mascarpone 250 g whipped cream 250 g fresh mixed berries icing sugar for dusting Preparation: 1. Finely chop the rosemary needles. 2. Mix flour, butter, icing sugar, egg and 1-2 tsp of cold water quickly into a smooth dough. 3. Wrap in foil and allow to rest in the fridge for about 1 hour. 4. Grease a tarte form (24 cm) with butter and sprinkle with a little flour. 5. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface slightly larger than the tarte form. 6. Put the dough in the form, press it down and place it in the freezer for about 20 minutes. 7. For the filling mix butter with icing sugar u