Bratapfelkuchen for the Holidays – Baked Apple Cake

This is a very special German cake for the holidays or the winter months, and it is a Bratapfelkuchen. It’s a cake that comes with whole apples that are filled and surrounded by a pudding filling. A true delightful cake! Happy Baking!

Ingredients Bratapfelkuchen

250 g flour
100 g sugar
1 egg
150 g butter
1/2 sachet baking powder – 8g
250ml heavy cream and 500ml milk or half and half (for making the pudding)
1 sachet vanilla sugar, 0.5oz
1 sachet vanilla pudding powder – 37g
6 medium sized apples (slightly sour)
almond slices for the topping
optional:
raisins, brandy, rum, apple juice, baking marzipan

Baking Instructions

– Make the crust by combining flour, baking powder, egg, sugar and butter. Knead until you get a smooth dough.
– Place the dough into a 10 inch spring form, add dough along the rim as well.
– Make the pudding by using the powder, vanilla sugar and milk/heavy cream or per instructions. You can additionally sweeten the mix with sugar.
– Peel apples and remove the core – Find an apple core remover here – 
You can fill the apple with marzipan or raisins that were soaked in brandy or dark rum or simply apple juice.

– Place apples onto the dough in the form and pour the pudding over it. Make sure to let the pudding not cool off too much. It should be liquid, easily to pour.
– Pre-heat oven to 375 F / 180C.
– Sprinkle with almond slices.
– Bake for 1 hour.
– Let cool off in the form.
Serve with whipped cream.

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