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🍰 Sunken Apple Cake with Apricots

491 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 80 g apricots (dried)
• 4 tbsp apricot liqueur
• 4 eggs
• 130 g butter
• butter (for the pan)
• 130 g sugar
• 1 orange (organic, grated zest)
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 5 tbsp milk
• 4 apples
• 4 tbsp apricot jam
• 2 tbsp pistachios

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
2. 2. Cut the apricots into small pieces.
3. 3. Let the apricot pieces soak in liqueur.
4. 4. Separate the eggs by separating the egg whites from the yolks.
5. 5. Whip the egg whites until stiff.
6. 6. Beat the butter with the sugar until creamy.
7. 7. Add the orange zest and the egg yolks to the butter mixture.
8. 8. Continue mixing until it is creamy.
9. 9. Sift the flour and the baking powder together.
10. 10. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the yolk mixture.
11. 11. Gently fold the stiffly whipped egg whites into the batter.
12. 12. Drain the liqueur from the apricots.
13. 13. Add the drained apricot pieces to the batter.
14. 14. Add a little milk if the batter is too thick.
15. 15. Grease a springform pan.
16. 16. Pour the batter into the greased pan.
17. 17. Smooth the batter.
18. 18. Wash the apples.
19. 19. Peel the apples.
20. 20. Quarter the apples.
21. 21. Remove the cores from the apple quarters.
22. 22. Score the curved side of the apple quarters several times.
23. 23. Place the apples on the batter with the curved side facing up.
24. 24. Bake the cake in the oven for about 45 to 55 minutes.
25. 25. Let the cake cool down briefly.
26. 26. Release the cake from the pan.
27. 27. Warm the jam in a pot.
28. 28. Brush the apples with the warm jam to glaze them.
29. 29. Chop the pistachios finely.
30. 30. Sprinkle the pistachios over the cake.
31. 31. Serve the cake.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 491
• Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 21 g · Carbs: 73 g