SERVES: 10
INGREDIENTS
Cooking spray, for pan
2 large apples
Juice of 1/2 lemon
115 g butter, softened
135 g caster sugar
3 large eggs
3 tbsp. sour cream
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
195 g plain flour (sifted with 2 tbsp cornflour)
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Icing sugar, for serving
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160ºC fan) and grease a 23cm springform pan with cooking spray.
- Peel and quarter apples, then squeeze lemon juice over them to prevent browning. Cut core out of each quarter, then place core side down on cutting board. Place one chopstick on either side of apple quarter, then cut thin slices, being careful not to cut all the way through. Repeat until all apple quarters are sliced.
- In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, until fully combined, then beat in sour cream and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk to combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and fold in with a spatula until just combined.
- Transfer batter to prepared springform and smooth top. Add apples sliced side up in desired pattern. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Transfer cake to cooking rack and remove springform ring. Let cool to room temperature before dusting with icing sugar.
https://www.delish.com/uk/cooking/recipes/a35706855/german-apple-cake-recipe/