Apple poppy seed cake

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 150 g butter or margarine
• 100 g sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 1 pack of lemon(s) – grated zest (from Finesse)
• 3 m.-sized eggs
• 150 g flour
• 2 tsp, leveled baking powder
• 75 g poppy seeds
• 400 g apples (e.g. Boskop)
• 375 ml apple juice
• 30 g sugar
• 1 packet of pudding powder (vanilla)
• 400 ml whipped cream
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar
• 2 packs of cream stiffener
• some confectionery (Chocolat – Pavot pralines)
• some poppy seeds as needed

Instructions

Working time approx. 50 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

sophisticated and easy to prepare

For the dough, beat the butter or margarine with a hand mixer on high until smooth. Gradually stir in the sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon zest. Stir until the mixture is thickened. Gradually beat in the eggs. Mix the flour with the baking powder, sift and stir in in 2 portions, alternating with the poppy seeds, on medium speed. Pour the dough into a greased and lined 26cm springform pan. Smooth it out and place the pan on the oven rack. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C top/bottom heat (160°C fan, gas mark 2-3) for approx. 25 minutes. Remove the base from the pan and allow to cool. Then place it on a cake plate and place the cake ring around it. For the filling, peel, quarter, core and finely dice the apples. Make a pudding from apple juice, sugar, and pudding powder according to the package instructions (according to the amounts specified in the recipe!). Add the diced apple and bring to a boil while stirring. Pour the apple pudding onto the base of the dish. Smooth the mixture and let it cool. To cover, whip the cream with vanilla sugar and cream stiffener until stiff peaks form and spread two-thirds of it over the cooled apple mixture. Put the remaining cream into a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle and pipe large tufts onto the surface of the cake. Chill the cake until ready to serve. To decorate, carefully loosen and remove the cake ring. Garnish the surface of the cake with the pralines and poppy seeds.