Gedeckter Apfelkuchen: German Apple Pie

    Serves 12
    30 mins prep
    50 mins cook
    180 mins Resting Time
    260 mins total

    Gedecketer Apfelkuchen is a super delicious and relatively easy German apple cake recipe that's similar to an American apple pie in a way that it has a bottom and top crust and an apple pie-like filling, except it's glazed and really not like pie at all! The kids and I love it and I am sure so will you!

    2 servings

    Gedeckter Apfelkuchen Dough

    Gedeckter Apfelkuchen Filling

    Lemon Glaze

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    Make the Dough

    1. Preheat the oven (conventional setting) to 200° C or 390° F. Grease your springform pan with some butter (I also like to use parchment paper on the bottom layer before clipping it in). Knead together all dough ingredients until smooth, cookie-like dough.
      ½ 300 flour
      ⅕ 80 almond flour
      ⅕ 2 eggs
      ⅕ 1/2 salt
      ¼ 150 sugar
      ⅓ 175 butter
    2. Set aside ⅓ of the dough and roll out the rest in a large circle to cover the inside and some of the sides (about 2 inches tall) of the springform. Poke the bottom crust several times with a fork. Put in the fridge to stay cool.

    Make the Filling

    1. Peel, quarter, remove the core, and cut apples into 1/4 inch wide wedges. Mix with the lemon juice.
      ⅕ 1 tart apples
      ⅕ 1/2 lemon
    2. Toast the almond slices or flour in a pan on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Then toss together with the apples and remaining filling ingredients and distribute onto the bottom crust.
      ⅕ 50 sugar
      ⅕ 50 sliced almonds
      ⅕ 2 ground cinnamon
      ⅕ 1 flour
    3. Spread them out and push down on the apples to create a somewhat uniform top. Roll out the top crust and lay over the apples, then cut around the rim and push the edges down (I use a spoon to help get the edges straight.
    4. Bake for about 50 minutes, then allow cooling completely in the form (about 2 to 3 hours).

    Let Cool & Glaze

    1. Remove the cake from the pan and transfer to a cake plate. Stir together the powdered sugar and lemon juice for the glaze and brush onto the baked top layer.
      ⅕ 3 lemon juice
      ¼ 150 powdered sugar
    2. If desired, garnish with more toasted almond slices. If you have any leftover crust, you could also cut out some fun shapes with cookie cutters and garnish the cake with those too. I meant to do that and completely forgot :-D.

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