Classic Polish apple cake on a shortcrust pastry

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When it's rainy outside, one misses home terribly, and because Poland is so proud of Polish apples, there is no cake more Polish than apple cake.That's why today I present a delicious, classic apple cake on shortcrust pastry.

The cake is nicely sweet and sour. By and large it's thanks to the apples, so choose the best variety, such as Granny Smith. 

Ingredients
Dough
  • 300 g of flour
  • 250 g of unsalted butter
  • 1.5 tsp of baking powder
  • 5 tbsp of sugar (about 80 g)
  • 1 tsp of vanilla paste
  • 1 egg
  • icing sugar for decoration

Apple filling

  • 1.5 kg of sour apples (weighted before peeling)
  • 4 tbsp of sugar (about 60 g)
  • 1 tsp of cinnamon

Method

  1. Peel the apples and grate them on a coarse grater to obtain mousse-like texture. If you don't want your filling to be too smooth, slice apples up into cubes or eights instead.
  2. Cook the apples with sugar and cinnamon until the juice released by the apples evaporates.
  3. Put apples into a bowl and set aside to cool for about 30 minutes
  4. Meanwhile, prepare the dough. Add flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla paste and cold butter into a bowl. Chop it with a knife or a pastry blender. Once you obtain pea-sized pieces, add an egg. Knead with your hand - first in a bowl, then on a worktop. Do it quickly to prevent the dough from warming up.
  5. Divide the down in 2:1 ratio. Wrap both parts in plastic wrap and put them in a freezer for 20 minutes.
  6. Grease your tin and line it with baking paper. Grate the bigger piece of dough on a coarse grater and press it down to form the base of the cake. Put cold apple filling onto the dough and even it up. Grate the second part of the dough onto apples and delicately spread it on top to keep the shape.
  7. Bake for about 50 minutes at 200oC (180oC fan).
  8. After baking set the cake aside to cool down and decorate with icing sugar.
  9. Enjoy!
Approximate nutritional value
100 g
  • 273 kcal
  • Carbs: 35 g 
  • Fat: 14 g
  • Protein: 3 g
  • Fibre: 3 g

1 serving (assuming 12 servings)

  • 356 kcal
  • Carbs: 46 g 
  • Fat: 18 g
  • Protein: 4 g
  • Fibre: 4g

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