Dirk's apple cake with vanilla pudding and cinnamon crumble

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 100 g flour
• 50 g sugar
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar
• 1 tsp, leveled cinnamon powder
• 75 g butter, soft
• 150 g flour
• 1 pack of pudding powder (vanilla pudding powder)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 120 g butter, soft
• 60 g sugar
• 1 egg(s)
• 400 ml milk
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 pack of pudding powder (vanilla pudding powder)
• 500 g apples, preferably Jonagold or Boskop
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 3 hours 25 minutes

First, make the crumble. To do this, thoroughly mix the flour, 2 packets of vanilla sugar, the sugar, and the cinnamon. Soften the butter in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds. It’s okay if it gets liquid, but not too hot. Add this to the dry ingredients and mix with a hand mixer fitted with a dough hook until crumbles form. Then refrigerate the crumble. Prepare the dough: Mix the flour, pudding powder, and baking powder. Soften the butter again. Mix the sugar and egg in a bowl with a hand mixer fitted with a dough hook, then add the butter. Continue mixing. Add the flour mixture and knead until a smooth dough forms. Grease a springform pan with margarine or butter, including a few centimeters of the edges. Now spread the dough evenly on the bottom. Don’t pull up any edges. In my opinion, this tastes better, but it’s not necessary. Now refrigerate the springform pan. For the topping, make 1 packet of vanilla pudding using 400 ml instead of 500 ml of milk. Mix the pudding powder with a little cold milk, bring the remaining milk to a boil, stir in the mixed powder, and bring to a boil. Then let it cool slightly in cold, preferably iced, water. In the meantime, peel, core, and slice 500 g of apples. Place them in a plastic bag and mix with about 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Shake well. Spread the vanilla pudding over the dough in the springform pan and arrange the apple slices in a ring up to the center. It’s okay if you do it fairly tightly. Loosen the crumble a little with a fork and spread it over the apples. Place the springform pan on the middle rack of a wire rack and bake at 180°C (top/bottom heat) for 35-40 minutes. This recipe is based on the basic recipe “Hilde’s Plum Cake with Cinnamon Crumble,” but has been modified. The recipe is also highly recommended. http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/584841157633103/Hilde-s-Zwetschgenkuchen-mit-Zimtstreuseln.html