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