1. Pour lukewarm water, yeast, and sugar in mixing bowl.
Grate Lemon zest with a microplane, hand grater or a vegetable peeler and dice fine.
2. Add melted (not hot) butter, warmed milk, salt, lemon peel, and beaten eggs. Mix well.
3. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each cup. Add more flour, if necessary, to make a smooth dough, and turn out onto a floured surface. You can either mix it in a bowl like I showed up above or you can mix it in a mixer.
4. Knead very lightly. 5. Let rise for about 1 hour;
Meanwhile prepare apple and custard toppings.
Apple Topping;
per each dish use:
4 medium sized apples
1/3 C. Sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons cinnamon
6. I used 4 apples 2 semi-tart red skin apples, these were Fuji, and 2 tart Granny Smith apples. I did this just to give a variety of flavor.
Peel and core apples, then cut into ¼ inch slices. |
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6. Punch down and let rest for 10 minutes.
Spread dough in 2 well-greased 9-inch round or square cake pans, pushing it up on the sides as for pie crusts.
Stagger the apples in rows(or in random fashion if in a hurry) on top of dough.
Let the dough rise for 30 minutes.
Bake for 10- 15 minutes at 375 degrees to set the crust. Remove from oven. Let's top with the custard and the crumb topping. If you want you can just add the crumb topping and bake it without the custard.
Let's make the Custard:
1 beaten egg
1 cup cream or 1 / 2 cup sour cream with 1 / 2 cup milk
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
Crumb Topping or Streusel
1/2 cup (75 gr) Bread Crumbs or Flour
or combination
1/4 cup Sugar
1-2 teaspoons (10 gr) Cinnamon
3-6 tablespoons (28 gr) melted Butter
Streusel is a flexible garnish
Some like it drier, some like it
sweeter
I am going to show you 2 different kinds of Streusel you can make.
Choose which one you would think you would like best
This is the combination Streusel with bread crumbs and 2 teaspoons cinnamon.
It is darker and rich cinnamon taste. I use this if
it isn't going to bake too long, as it will continue to get browner in the oven.
Here is a Streusel that use just flour and I used just 1 teaspoon cinnamon
This is a lighter less pronounced cinnamon.
If you use less butter it will have a drier appearance
Top first with the custard.
Take the Streusel you chose to use
then sprinkle the crumbs and continue baking at 350° for 30 minutes longer.
the custard is set and the apples are completely cooked.
Cool and cut in squares and serve topped with whipped cream. Store in fridge, this cake
gets better after a day. It will keep for a week at least properly stored. |
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