Sunken apple cake with almonds and walnuts

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 150 g margarine
• 100 g sugar
• 200 g wheat flour type 405
• 4 eggs, size M
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 3 tbsp orange juice
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 60 g almonds, chopped
• 4 m.-sized apples
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp orange juice
• 1 pinch(s) cinnamon powder
• 2 tbsp honey
• 20 g walnuts, coarsely grated
• 4 tbsp apricot jam
• 2 tbsp orange liqueur

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

A southern German apple cake, as baked in Baden.

For a springform pan with a diameter of 24-26 cm. All ingredients must be at room temperature. Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form. Transfer this to another bowl and chill. Mix the flour well with the baking powder. Peel and halve the apples. Remove the cores and cut the apple halves crosswise, but not all the way through. Brush the halves with the honey, lime juice, and water mixture. Beat the egg yolks and sugar until fluffy and white. Add the vanilla extract, then 2 tablespoons of orange juice, and then 3 tablespoons of flour. Now add the margarine a little at a time and stir until the mixture is smooth. Add the remaining flour a little at a time and finally mix in the coarsely chopped almonds. If the mixture is very stiff, add another tablespoon of orange juice. Stir until the mixture is smooth. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) at the bottom of the pan. Carefully fold the egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture and mix gently until smooth. Pour the batter into the baking pan and press the apple halves, tightly packed, into the cake mixture (7 in a ring shape and one in the center). Sprinkle with walnut pieces. Bake the cake at a medium oven temperature of 170°C for 40 minutes. Mix the apricot jam with the orange liqueur and pour it over the still-hot apples with a tablespoon. Let cool, slice into 7 pieces between the apples, and serve at room temperature.