Summary

Ingredients

• 500 g flour (if necessary use half wholemeal flour)
• 200 g suar
• 250 g mararine or butter
• 2 egg (s)
• 2 vanilla sugar
• 1 baking powder
• 1 kg apples
• possibly raisins if necessary
• cinnamon
• sugar

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Instructions

1. This recipe is very simple. My aunt Inge taught me how to do it as a child and I baked it for my parents and friends back then and it`s still my favorite recipe today.
2. The ingredients except for the apples are placed in a large bowl and kneaded into a compact dough with your hands. It is a little easier with margarine if it has been warmed up a little - otherwise it has to become supple through the warmth of the hands and it takes a little longer for the dough to stick together.
3. When the dough forms a large ball, divide it into two parts and cool it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes (it is easier to roll out). During this time, the apples can be peeled, cored and sliced.
4. First, take 1 half of the dough in the fridge and roll it out on the parchment paper (a foil on the floured dough makes it easier). Then spread the apple slices on the dough like a fan (like scales on a fish). Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and - if desired - sprinkle with raisins. My aunt soaked the raisins with rum. I don`t do it because my kids don`t like the raisins and shouldn`t consume alcohol. Roll out the second half of the dough between foil to about the size of the baking sheet, peel off a foil and carefully place on the apples (it works better and better over time - maybe try it with two people at the beginning). If the dough sticks to the foil, rubbing with your hands (due to the heat) can loosen the dough again.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 ° C for about 20-30 minutes. Personally, I like the cake very light, but my father-in-law loves lightly browned - try it yourself
6. Tips: By the way, the dough is an all-rounder. I also use it for crumble cakes and freeze the other half of the dough - it tastes great with plums, cherries from the glass, the kids also just love it with streusel as a crumble cookie. So that you don`t have to pick out the crumble recipe for it too: 200g flour, 200g sugar, 200g butter - cinnamon to taste. For Christmas I make the cookie cutters with this dough.
7. PS: Since my children were there, I have tried to bake a little healthier - with a wholemeal flour content of up to 50%, the cake tastes very good and so does the crumble - even die-hard wholemeal opponents.