Apple Kuchen
with Custard Topping
Ingredients:
Basic Coffee Cake Dough
2 eggs, well beaten
1 / 4 cup milk, warmed
1 pkg. (or 1 tablespoon) dry yeast
1 / 4 cup warm water
1 / 2 cup butter (1 stick, melted but not hot)
1 / 4cupsugar
1 / 2 teaspoon salt
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
3 cup flour, more if needed
1. Pour lukewarm water, yeast, and sugar in mixing bowl.
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Grate Lemon zest with a microplane, hand grater or a vegetable peeler and dice fine.
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2. Add melted (not hot) butter, warmed milk, salt, lemon peel, and beaten eggs. Mix well.
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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.
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4. Knead very lightly.
5. Let rise for about 1 hour; punch down and let rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile prepare apple and custard toppings.
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Apple Topping
4 medium sized apples
1/3 C. vanilla sugar
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. 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. Drizzle melted butter over the fruit and crust, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Let the dough rise for 30 minutes.
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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.
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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
1 / 2 cup bread crumbs
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 talespoons melted butter
Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
Top first with the custard.
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Then sprinkle crumbs and continue baking at 350° for 30 minutes longer.
the custard is set and the apples are completely cooked.
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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.