German Apple Pie (Gedeckter Apfelkuchen)
Gedecketer Apfelkuchen is a super delicious and relatively easy German apple cake recipe that's similar to an American apple pie in a way that it has a bottom and top crust and an apple pie-like filling, except it's glazed and really not like pie at all! The kids and I love it and I am sure so will you!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 300 g flour (plus more for rolling out the dough)
- 80 g almond flour
- 2 eggs (medium)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 150 g sugar
- 175 g butter (room temperature, plus some more for greasing the pan)
- 1 kg tart apples (Granny Smith work best in my opinion)
- 1/2 lemon (juice only)
- 50 g sugar
- 50 g sliced almonds ( or almond flour, optional: more for garnish)
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp flour
- 150 g powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven (conventional setting) to 200° C or 390° F. Grease your springform pan with some butter (I also like to use parchment paper on the bottom layer before clipping it in). Knead together all dough ingredients until smooth, cookie-like dough.
- 2
Set aside ⅓ of the dough and roll out the rest in a large circle to cover the inside and some of the sides (about 2 inches tall) of the springform. Poke the bottom crust several times with a fork. Put in the fridge to stay cool.
- 3
Peel, quarter, remove the core, and cut apples into 1/4 inch wide wedges. Mix with the lemon juice.
- 4
Toast the almond slices or flour in a pan on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Then toss together with the apples and remaining filling ingredients and distribute onto the bottom crust.
- 5
Spread them out and push down on the apples to create a somewhat uniform top. Roll out the top crust and lay over the apples, then cut around the rim and push the edges down (I use a spoon to help get the edges straight.
- 6
Bake for about 50 minutes, then allow cooling completely in the form (about 2 to 3 hours).
- 7
Remove the cake from the pan and transfer to a cake plate. Stir together the powdered sugar and lemon juice for the glaze and brush onto the baked top layer.
- 8
If desired, garnish with more toasted almond slices. If you have any leftover crust, you could also cut out some fun shapes with cookie cutters and garnish the cake with those too. I meant to do that and completely forgot :-D.