Recipe for Apple Cake from Scratch

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  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Baking Time

    1 hr

  • Total Time

    1 hr 20 mins

  • Servings

    12

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    German, Russian

Recipe for Apple Cake from Scratch

Soft and Moist, this apple cake from scratch is a twist on the normal Russian Sharlotka apple cake that everyone loves.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 2-3 apple peeled and cored
  • hazelnut ground
  • butter

Crumble

  • 5.3oz (150g) all-purpose flour
  • 2.5oz (70g) sugar
  • 2.5oz (70g) butter cold

Batter

  • 3 egg
  • 5.3oz (150g) flour
  • 5.3oz (150g) sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • salt pinch

Topping

  • cinnamon optional
  • powdered sugar optional

Instructions

  1. Butter the bottom of your spring form cake pan and sprinkle with ground hazelnuts (just enough to evenly cover the bottom). Set aside
  2. Peel and core the apples and slice thinly. Set aside.

Crumble

  1. Prepare the crumble by mixing 5.3oz flour, 2.5oz sugar, and 2.5oz cold butter together. Sprinkle evenly into the cake pan over the hazelnuts and press down gently.
  2. Lay out the sliced apples over the crumble about ⅓ in. away from the edge. Set aside.

Batter

  1. Whip 3 eggs, 5.3oz sugar, vanilla,and salt until the mixture is thick, fluffy and whitish in color.
  2. Mix flour and baking powder together and sift through a sieve into the batter in increments, folding it in gently with a spoon/spatula.
  3. Pour the batter into the cake pan, covering the apples.
  4. Bake at 320°F (160°C) for 60 minutes. Let cool a little.
  5. Flip the cake onto a serving platter and let cool completely.
  6. Sprinkle with cinnamon and powdered sugar right before serving (optional).
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