The Apple Cake Collection

Ingredients: 250 g soft butter 300 g sugar 500 g flour + something to work 4 egg yolks 4 tsp milk about 1.25 kg Boskoop apples 100 g cranberries 1 tbsp orange peel 125 g  frozen blackberries 300 g quark 90 ml cream 2 tbsp sugar Preparation: 1. Quickly knead butter, 200 g sugar, flour, egg yolk and milk  into a dough. 2. Refrigerate wrapped for 1 hour. 3. Core apples and dice them. 4. Carefully caramelise 50 g sugar in a pan. 5. Add the apples, toss well, cover and simmer for about 5 minutes, mix with cranberries and let cool. 6. Preheat oven to 190 degrees (convection 170). 7. Roll out approx. 2/3 of the dough on a floured work surface approx. 5 mm thick. 8. Grease a round baking tin (26 cm diameter), lay out the bottom and approx. 3 cm edge with the dough. 9. Add the apple-cranberry mixture, sprinkle with orange peel. 10. From the remaining dough roll the lid and put it on, slightly press on the edges, sprinkle with the remaining sugar.  11. Pierce with the

Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 4 eggs 1 cup flour pinch of salt 1/2 tsp soda 1 kg apples Preparation: 1. Peel and core apples, slice into pieces. 2. Fill apples into a spring form. 3. Mix ingredients for the dough. 4. Pour dough into spring form. 5. Bake at 180° C for 30-40 minutes. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Any via Postcrossing

Ingredients: 2 sour apples 50 g butter 3 tbsp honey 250 ml milk 2 eggs 1 pinch cinnamon 1 tbsp icing sugar 4 slices wheat toast bread 300 g heavy sour cream (Schmand) Preparation: 1. Wash apples, cut in half, core and cut into thin slices. 2. Melt 1 tbsp butter in a pan and fry the apple slices in a medium heat from both sides for about 2 minutes. 3. Add honey and 3-4 tablespoons of water and let the apples stew until the liquid is boiled away and the honey is caramelised. 4. Remove the pan from the heat. 5. Whisk milk, eggs, cinnamon and icing sugar and soak the toast slices in it. 6. Melt the rest of the butter in a pan, fry the slices of bread from both sides until crispy, then halve diagonally and place on plates. 7. Distribute the apple slices on top and top with heavy sour cream. Source of Recipe: Edeka.de

Ingredients: 4 eggs 4 big apples 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp baking powder Semolina or breadcrumbs Preparation: 1. Beat sugar and eggs together. 2. Add flower and baking powder to the dough. 3. Peel and core apples and slice them. 4. Butter a baking tray and sprinkle with semolina or breadcrumbs. 5. Spread sliced apples on the baking tray. 6. Pour dough on the baking tray. 7. Bake the cake for 40 minutes. Source of Recipe: Sent in by Marina via Postcrossing.

Ingredients: 300 g flour 190 g butter 75 g marzipan 200 g sugar 1 pinch salt 2 eggs 2 pck vanilla sugar 5 apples (for example Boskop) 100 g ground almonds 100 g chopped almonds 2 tbsp shelled almonds 100 g quince jelly flour for rolling Fat for the mold Preparation: 1. Mix the flour with 150 g butter, the marzipan, 100 g sugar and salt to a dough, if necessary knead a little ice water in. Wrap in foil and refrigerate for 30 minutes. 2. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface and place a greased springform (24 cm diameter). 3. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg yolks with 2 tablespoons water, remaining sugar and vanilla sugar until frothy. 4. Wash 3 apples, peel, remove the core and grate coarsely. Mix with ground and chopped almonds and fold under the egg cream. Beat the egg whites until stiff and mix into the cream. Spread the apple mixture on the dough. 5. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C (circulating air 160 ° C). Peel remaining apples, prick out the core and slice