Recipe - Apfelkuchen (Apple Cake)

CAKE
1 pack Yeast; Dry, Active
4 tablespoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Salt
2 cup Flour; Unbleached,
One fourth cup Butter or Margarine
1 Egg; Large
One half cup Milk

FILLING
4 cup Apples; Tart, Sliced
One fourth cup Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Cinnamon
One half cup Raisins
One half cup Almonds, slivered, blanched
2 tablespoon Butter
Confectioner's sugar

CAKE: Mix yeast, salt, 4 T sugar, and Three fourths cup flour. Add butter to milk.
Heat until very warm (120130 degrees F.). Gradually add milk to flour
mixture. Beat for 2 minutes. Add egg and One half cup flour. Beat with an
electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Mix in enough flour to form a
soft dough. Knead for 5 to 10 minutes, until dough is shiny and elastic.
Place in greased bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. Pat
dough into wellgreased 10inch springform pan pressing the dough 1 1/2
inches up the sides of the pan. Or use 11x8 pan, grease well.

FILLING: Lay apple slices across bottom, combine sugar and cinnamon,
sprinkle over apples. Add raisins, butter, and almonds. Bake in a preheated
400 degree F. oven until pastry is brown and apples bubbly with syrup,
about 45 minutes. Sprinkle confectioner's sugar over top.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Renate S." redgrapes13@hotmail.com on
Sep 28, 1998