The Apple Cake Collection

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