German Apple Cake
This apple cake is moist, light, super delicious and so easy to make. Step by step instructions on how to make the best german apple cake ever! Put your apron on and within 15 min the cake is ready to bake.
Can’t be any easier than this!
German Sunken Apple Cake
This apple cake is moist, light, super delicious and so easy to make. Step by step instructions on how to make the best german apple cake. Put your apron on and within 15 min the cake is ready to bake. Can't be any easier than this!
Equipment
- Electric mixer
- Standing mixer (optional)
- Sifter (for flour)
- 8 Inch cake pan
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup milk or as much as needed
- 4-5 apples peeled and cored
- 1/4 cup almond slices (optional)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Peel and core the apples and cut them into quarters. Then cut the quarters into thin slices. (I would not recommend Granny Smith apples as they are too sour.)
- Sqeeze some lemon juice on apples and mix them up, so they do not turn brown. Spinkle 2 tbsp of the sugar on slices and set apples to the side.
- With the mixer, cream the butter then add the sugar and vanilla extract, mix again.
- Divide the eggs, add the yolks into the batter and set the egg whites aside in a separate bowl. Mix the yolks and batter until combined.
- Add the baking powder in the flour. With a sifter, sift the flour into the cake batter. It works better if you do half the flour at a time, mixing in between. When adding second half of flour pour the milk in as well.
- If the batter is not creamy you may need to add a touch more milk.
- Now take the egg whites and beat them until they have stiff peeks. (A standing mixer such as a Kitchen Aid makes this much faster)
- Very gently as to not take the air out of the egg whites, fold egg whites into the batter, half at a time.
- Grease cake pan with butter spray or regular butter. Pour cake batter in pan and even out. Now going from the outside in, line the apple slices in a shape of a ring, pushing each slice slightly into the batter.
- Top with almond slices or even a nut of your choice. (optional)
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until nice and golden brown.
- Delicious with whip cream on top!