This apple cake is easy to prepare and gives a moist, soft and light cake.
For a 24 cm round cake pan
Preheat the oven to 175° C and line the base of the cake pan with parchment paper and brush the sides with butter.
- 200 g marzipan, grated
- 150 g butter
- 75 g sugar
- 50 ground almonds
- 3 eggs
- 150 g flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 – 4 apples (about 700 g)
- 1/2 lemon, juice and zest
- 2 tablespoon apricot jam
- 2 tablespoon confectioners sugar
In a large bowl, beat the marzipan, the sugar, the ground almonds and the butter together until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Mix the eggs to the dough, one by one and add the flour and baking powder, mix until the batter is light and fluffy.
Spoon the batter in the prepared cake pan.
Peel the apples, cut them in slices and sprinkle them with the lemon juice and lemon zest.
Arrange the apples in a circular pattern on the dough, fitting them as close together as possible.
Bake the cake in the middle of the oven for about 40 minutes.
In a saucepan heat up the apricot jam and press it through a sieve.
Remove the cake from the oven and place the apricot jam on the surface of the cake.
Place the cake back in the oven for about 10 minutes, then remove it from the oven and let it cool completely and cover the cake with confectioners sugar.
The cake can be kept in the refrigerator for 3 – 4 days. It tastes even better the next day!
Happy baking!
i super like:) the idea of preparing this tomorrow!
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I hope the cake turned out perfect and you loved it. Happy baking, Bridget
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thank you for asking! unfortunatelly the plann has been postponed:( but i will document everything and show you soon!::))
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🙂
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…You must know i have to do it….have this plann with my son…Bridget’s cake!:)
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Delicious looking! Reminds me of the cakes I saw in some wonderful bakeries in Vienna – beautiful photos!
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Thank you so much for you kind reply and for stopping by.
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hey…this is not fair!! you can TASTE IT ! while we can only look at….! absolutely unfair!
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Thank you 🙂 It tastes really delicious and is so easy! Happy baking!
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Oh my – this is gorgeous!
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Thank you so much!
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This looks delicious, and it’s so pretty, too! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind reply and for stopping by!
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This looks so good. and professional. I love the color combination as well. Yummy!
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Thank you! The taste is even better! 🙂
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What a fabulous sounding cake, delicious!
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Thank you very much for your kind reply and for stopping by.
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I wish there was a super like button. This looks magnificent!
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Thank you so much, I really appreciate that coming from you!
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What a professional looking cake! I’m sure the marzipan adds another depth of flavour to the cake!
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Thank you so much! I love apple cake and this recipe is one of my favorites!
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Love this! Your combination of marzipan (always a favorite!), apples and touch of apricot is splendid. Reminds me of the desserts I know and love from Germany.
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Thank you for your kind comment.
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This looks fantastic 🙂
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Thank you very much!
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Your cake looks gorgeous! I absolutely love marzipan, I so wish I could try a piece of this cake right now!
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Thank you so much for you kind reply!
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Lovely! I will have to try this. I think there is a nice combination of fruit (I love apricot preserves) flavor …along with the cake and marzipan…yum!
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Thank you so much and let me know how it worked out for you. Happy baking!
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I just love the combination of apples and marzipan! Loved your photos!
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Thank you very much for your kind reply! I look forward for your next post. Kind regards, bridget
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Looks amazing!
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Thank you!
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Fabulous presentation! Yum, I love apple desserts.
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Thank you so much! Hopefully typo – free … 🙂 haha
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