Recipe - Apfeltorte (Apple Cake)

8 Small apples
One half cup Raisins
2 teaspoon Rum or rum extract
Three fourths cup Sugar; plus 3 tbsp, divided
1 teaspoon Chocolate; grated
Three fourths cup Butter or margarine; plus 2
sp, divided
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon Lemon extract
1 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Cinnamon
3 teaspoon Almonds; ground
Apricot jam
Powdered sugar; sifted

Filling: Peel and core apples. Combine raisins, rum, 1
tablespoon of the sugar and the grated chocolate in
small saucepan. Bring to boil. Set aside while
preparing batter. Batter: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease bottom of 10 1/2" springform pan. Cream
Three fourths cup of the butter, Three fourths cup of the sugar and
vanilla together. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, and lemon
extract, beating until light and fluffy. Sift flour,
baking powder and cinnamon together. Gradually beat
into creamed mixture. Turn batter into prepared pan;
arrange apples on top. Fill apple centers with raisin
mixture. Dot with 2 teaspoons of the butter. Bake @
350 degrees, 45 minutes. Sprinkle with mixture of
ground almonds and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake
10 to 15 minutes longer until apples are tender.
Remove from oven. Brush jam over apple opening and
sprinkle icing sugar over cake portion.

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