Russian apple pie

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g butter or margarine
• 250 g sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar (= 1 level tbsp)
• 5 eggs
• 250 g flour
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 125 g hazelnuts, ground
• 80 g cocoa powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 4 apples (depending on size)
• 5 cl rum (alternatively 1/2 fl rum flavoring)
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes

moist – aromatic sponge cake with apples

Preheat oven to 180°C (top/bottom heat). Finely dice the apples and drizzle with rum or drizzle with the flavoring. Allow to absorb. Beat the butter or margarine until smooth. Gradually stir in the sugar and vanilla sugar on high speed until a smooth, homogenous mixture forms. Beat in each egg individually for 1/2 minute, then beat the entire mixture for another two minutes. Mix the flour with the baking powder, sift, and stir in portions with the hazelnuts, cocoa, and cinnamon on low speed. The batter should not be too runny so that the apples do not sink. Fold in the apples. Grease a springform pan, pour in the batter, and smooth it down. Bake the cake in the oven on the middle rack for about 1 hour. Do the skewer test. When the cake is done, let it stand in the pan for a moment. Remove from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack, then dust with powdered sugar.