Snack · 70 min · german

Apfelkuchen — Classic Apple Cake

This is the kind of German snack you’ll make on repeat — all-purpose flour and butter, 70 minutes, big payoff.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• 0.75 cup Butter
• 1 cup Granulated sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 4 Tart apples
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 0.5 Lemon

Steps

1. Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the eggs, then fold in the flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt. Spread the thick batter in a buttered springform.
2. Slice the apples thin and fan them over the batter in overlapping circles, pressing them in lightly. Squeeze lemon over the apples so they stay bright.
3. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. As it bakes, the apples sink slightly and the cake rises around them — the look is rustic on purpose.
4. Bake at 350°F for 40 to 45 minutes until the top is golden and a skewer comes out clean. The apples should be tender and jammy at the edges.
5. Serve barely warm with whipped cream. This is the cake that appears at every German Kaffeeklatsch, and nobody has ever complained.

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