I just came across another recipe for an Apple Cake…this time called German Apple Cake. Several years ago, I shared a recipe for a French Apple Cake, so of course I had to try the German one! I’m always interested in ways to use apples without having to roll out pie crust for apple pie or cut butter into tiny pieces to make an apple crisp. The French Apple Cake appealed to Bert because it had rum in it, but I don’t care for the taste of rum so I don’t make it very often. The German Apple Cake recipe I’m sharing here does not have rum, so I was hopeful I would like it.
Here is a picture and a link to the French Apple Cake recipe: https://marykisner.com/making-french-apple-cake/
The German Apple Cake recipe has similar ingredients and the instructions are pretty much the same. Here’s the recipe:
I started the recipe by cutting up the apples. I wasn’t sure how many I would need, so I bought 3 very large “Honeycrisp” apples.
I put the diced apples into a bowl of water to keep them from turning brown.
When I finished cutting up the three apples, I drained them and put them into my 4-cup measuring cup. Oops! I had more like 6 cups of diced apples!
So, I spooned off the extra into a zip bag and put them in the freezer. They will be great added to my morning smoothies.
Continuing with the recipe…I mixed up the wet ingredients and added the dry ingredients. Then I folded in the cut apples.
Finally, I dumped the mixture into the prepared baking pan.
Of course, before I could take a finished picture, we had to have a taste! Delicious!
It looked dark, almost like it had chocolate in it (it did not!). I think the cinnamon made it look dark. Yum! I will cut it up and freeze it in portions…we can’t possibly eat that much in a day or two.
I guess I’m on the lookout for other “apple cake” recipes. I wonder what other countries make with apples? Enjoy!