Apple cake made from shortcrust pastry

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 5 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Products for making dough. Remove margarine for dough and butter for cream from the refrigerator in advance and soften at room temperature.

2. STEP 2

   

   Preparing the dough for the cakes. 200 gr. Grind margarine with 1 tbsp sugar

3. STEP 3

   

   Separate 2 yolks from the whites. We don't need squirrels.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour the yolks and 1 egg into margarine with sugar, add 3 tbsp. sour cream. Mix.

5. STEP 5

   

   Sift 1 tbsp flour, add 1 tsp. baking soda, quenched 1 tbsp. vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar). Knead the dough, gradually adding the remaining 2.5 cups of sifted flour. You may need a little more flour.

6. STEP 6

   

   It turns out to be a very soft dough.

7. STEP 7

   

   After dusting the dough with flour (or flouring your palms), divide it into 5 equal parts. I use scales. Place the dough balls on a plate and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

8. STEP 8

   

   Let's start preparing the filling. To do this, take 1 kg of apples and 0.5 glasses of white wine. This time I used dry white wine. Another time I had white semi-sweet. There isn't much difference.

9. STEP 9

   

   Wash the apples, peel them, cut them into thin slices. Pour in the wine and place on medium heat. Cover with a lid. As soon as it boils, reduce the heat slightly and simmer for 30 minutes.

10. STEP 10

    

    Products for the cream: 0.5 liters of milk, 1 tbsp sugar, 3 tbsp semolina, vanillin and 300 gr. butter softened at room temperature.

11. STEP 11

    

    While the filling is being prepared, cook the semolina porridge. Gradually add semolina into hot milk, stirring continuously.

12. STEP 12

    

    Bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Boil for a minute and remove from heat. Cover. Let it cool. Stir while warm a couple more times.

13. STEP 13

    

    When the apples are cooked (they should be soft), remove them to cool.

14. STEP 14

    

    Turn on the oven at 200 degrees. We take a ball of dough out of the refrigerator and roll it out into a not very thin flat cake, about d26cm. The dough is soft and rolls out easily. Dust a mat or board for rolling out dough with flour.

15. STEP 15

    

    Line a baking tray with baking paper or place a silicone mat. Bake each cake on a baking sheet for 10-15 minutes. The cake is white on top, golden underneath. I baked on two baking sheets at once, the process goes faster.

16. STEP 16

    

    We transfer the cake to a separate board and cut it hot to the desired size. I used a ring from a springform pan d25cm.

17. STEP 17

    

    We bake all the cakes. Grind the trimmings into crumbs.

18. STEP 18

    

    Preparing the cream. Grind the softened butter with 1 cup of sugar, gradually adding in small portions.

19. STEP 19

    

    Then 1 tbsp. add semolina porridge. Mix well after each serving.

20. STEP 20

    

    Pour in vanillin and bring the mass until smooth (at this stage I still used a mixer).

21. STEP 21

    

    So, the cakes, cream, filling are ready. Assembling the cake. Coat the first cake layer on the golden side with 1 tbsp of cream and place it on the dish with the same side. Place 2 tbsp on top. cream, spread over the cake.

22. STEP 22

    

    Spread 1/4 of the filling on top, arranging the apple slices with a fork. Place the crust on the apples and repeat the procedure with all the crusts, cream, and filling.

23. STEP 23

    

    Coat the sides and top of the cake with cream.

24. STEP 24

    

    Leave on the table for 2 hours.

25. STEP 25

    

    After 2 hours, sprinkle the cake with crumbs. You can decorate the cake in some other way. I’m just a supporter of minimalism in baking design (because I don’t know how, I don’t have enough time and imagination). Leave the cake on the table overnight. In the morning, put it in the refrigerator.

26. STEP 26

    

    Brew tea, cut into portions... let's get started! Fans of baked goods with fruit will not remain indifferent.

Comments on the recipe

Zhenya777

02.10.2023

4.7

Yummy!!!! Thanks a lot!!! Instead, my option.

mother of a sweet tooth

02.10.2023

5

I make almost the same cake. Only I make the cakes thinner, so I get more of them. The cake soaks up very well. I do the assembly differently. I put only the apple filling on one crust, only the cream on the next one, and so I alternate the crusts with two different fillings until they run out. This cake is very tasty, lighter than other cakes due to the apple filling, and not cloying, with a slight sourness. MY GUESTS LOVE HIM. Thanks to the author for the recipe! I’ll save it in KK so I can see it!

olgay198108

02.10.2023

4.5

A very interesting recipe)) I’m taking it to my kk, thank you)) I really love apples in baked goods, and here the combination is super))))

Natusik

02.10.2023

4.6

A very unusual cake! Thanks for the recipe! Dragged away...

Irina Turkova

02.10.2023

4.6

Very tasty cake. The dough is delicate, you should be careful with the cakes, they may break. And for the little one, I didn’t even have to dirty the dishes, everything crumbled perfectly with my hands))) But as a result, the cake just melts in your mouth! Thanks for the recipe, I will definitely make it many more times.