Oma's German Apple Cake Recipe ❤️

• Apple desserts come in a variety of types such as apple strudel, apple pie, apple crumble, apple crisp, apple cake, apple galette, applesauce cake, apple cheesecake, etc.
• Although any type of apple can be used when cooking and baking, certain types are better for cakes since they keep their shape longer
•  The best apples to use are those that are both sweet and tart. Mackintosh, Cortlands, Empires, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, and Mutsu are especially wonderful when used in cakes and strudels

Oma's German Apple Cake Recipe ❤️

Ingredients:

• 3 - 5 apples
  
• ½ cup butter, room temperature
  
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 tsp lemon juice
  
• 1¾ cup all-purpose flour
  
• 1½ tsp baking powder
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• ½ cup milk
  
• powdered sugar 
  

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
  
• Grease bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan.
  
• Peel, quarter, and core apples. Thinly slice each quarter several times without cutting all the way through. Do this just before you place them on cake. The apples "open" when they are baked.
• In a medium bowl, beat butter and sugar, eggs and lemon juice until creamy.
  
• Blend flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into sugar mixture alternately with the milk.
  
• Spread batter in the pan. Arrange apple quarters as shown.
  
• Bake 50 - 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  
• Cool in pan on wire rack. Remove the cake from pan.
• Dust with icing sugar just before serving. Put a tablespoon of powdered sugar into a small sieve. Gently strike the sieve with a spoon to dust it evenly over cake.

• Add ½ to 1 tsp almond extract instead of or as well as the lemon juice.

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