← All recipes
🍰 Crispy Apple Cake with Lattice Top
340 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
Cook this free in the MyFoody app →
Ingredients
- 300 g spelt whole wheat flour
- 100 g raw cane sugar
- 1 egg
- 200 g butter
- 1 kg apples
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 100 g raisins
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar from cane sugar
Instructions
- 1. Put the flour, 75 grams of sugar, the egg, and the butter cut into small cubes into a bowl.
- 2. Knead the ingredients quickly into a soft shortcrust pastry.
- 3. Divide the dough into two portions: a large one (three quarters) and a small one (one quarter).
- 4. Form balls from both portions.
- 5. Wrap the dough balls individually in cling film.
- 6. Place the dough in the refrigerator for about one hour.
- 7. Peel the apples.
- 8. Cut the apples into eighths and remove the core.
- 9. Slice the apple wedges crosswise.
- 10. Drizzle the apple slices immediately with lemon juice to prevent them from browning.
- 11. Add the raisins, the remaining sugar, and the cinnamon to the apple mixture.
- 12. Mix everything well together.
- 13. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius conventional heat (fan 160 degrees Celsius; gas: mark 2–3).
- 14. Roll out the larger piece of dough.
- 15. Press the dough into the springform pan and form a four-centimeter-high edge.
- 16. Prick the dough base several times with a fork.
- 17. Spread the apple mixture evenly over the dough base.
- 18. Roll out the smaller piece of dough.
- 19. Cut the dough into strips using a pastry wheel.
- 20. Place the dough strips in a lattice pattern on the apple filling.
- 21. Press the strips firmly at the edges so they stick.
- 22. Whisk the egg yolk in a small bowl.
- 23. Brush the pastry lattice carefully with the egg yolk.
- 24. Bake the cake for 45 minutes until golden brown.
- 25. Let the cake cool down completely afterwards.
- 26. Carefully release the cake from the pan.
- 27. Dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 340
- Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 44 g