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Russian apple cake

Russian apple cake

For 8/10 people

Preparation:20 minutes

Cooking:45 minutes (th. 5-6 – 210°C)

3 egg yolks

200g caster sugar

75g melted butter

1 packet of vanilla sugar

1 pinch of cinnamon

1 packet of baking powder

375g flour

1 pinch of salt

3 beautiful apples

2 tablespoons apricot jelly

2 glasses of milk

icing sugar.

Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Work the

yolks with the sugar until the mixture whitens.

Add butter, spices, baking powder and sifted flour.

Wet with milk to obtain a soft dough.

Pour it into a buttered and floured mold. Cut the apples into quarters, keeping them whole, divide them into slices

without going all the way, the slices must

maintained at their base. Arrange them on the dough at intervals

regular. Bake in medium oven for 40 minutes.

Then briskly coat the apple quarters with redcurrant jelly

or apricot jelly. return to oven

for 5 minutes. Leave to cool and sprinkle with icing sugar.

Source:Les Bons Desserts