Easy German Apple Sheet Cake Food

EASY GERMAN APPLE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a large, 12x18-inch rimmed baking sheet with 1 tablespoon butter.
• Combine 14 tablespoons butter and sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
• Mix flour, baking powder, lemon zest, and salt in a bowl. Alternate adding flour mixture and eggs to the creamed butter mixture. Spread batter onto the prepared baking sheet; dough is very sticky, so use a spatula to spread it onto the tray. Distribute sliced apples evenly on top and drizzle with lemon juice. Sprinkle with raisins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 30 minutes.

GERMAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter an 8-inch square pan or equivalent-size baking dish.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup of the sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Spread the mixture evenly in the prepared pan.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/3-cup sugar with the cinnamon. Squeeze lemon juice into a medium bowl. Peel, core, and slice the apples into the bowl. Add the cinnamon-sugar mixture and toss to thoroughly coat each apple slice. Arrange the apple slices on top of the batter in overlapping rows, pressing lightly into the batter. Bake for 45 minutes, until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

APPLE STREUSEL SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan and preheat your oven to 350F (180C).
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter, 1/3 cup sugar, vanilla extract, 2 cups all-purpose flour and egg. Beat until everything is incorporated. Spread the dough onto the baking sheet. Put the baking sheet in the fridge while you make the apple and crumble layer.
• Leave the remaining 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter on the kitchen counter to get to room temperature.
• Peel and core the apples and chop them into small chunks. Mix the apple chunks with the lemon zest, lemon juice, cinnamon and apple sauce. Set aside.
• For the crumb topping: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the remaining soft 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter with 2 cups of flour and 1/2 cup sugar (see Note 4). The mixture will be crumbly.
• To assemble the cake, spread the apple mixture onto the dough layer. Then use your fingers to crumble the crumbs on top. Press some crumbs together to form bigger crumbs, you don't want the crumbs to be too fine.
• Bake for 45 minutes until the crumbs are lightly golden.
• Let the cake cool off completely. It will be a little bit soft while hot.
• Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream!

POTLUCK GERMAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Fold in apples and nuts. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter. Add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth. Spread over cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

GERMAN APPLE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a deep baking pan with butter or line with parchment paper.
• Toss apple slices with lemon juice in a bowl and set aside.
• Combine butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar in a large bowl and beat using an electric blender until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl and mix on low speed. Fold apple slices into the batter.
• Spread batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour into pan. Bake 15 minutes.
• Set oven control to broil. In medium bowl, mix condensed milk, coconut and pecans; spread over warm cake. Broil on lowest oven rack about 2 minutes or until golden. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• In large bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar, cocoa and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Gradually add milk, beating until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Frost cake. Store covered in refrigerator.

EASY GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the coconut and pecans into a greased and floured 13x9-in. baking pan. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into prepared pan. , In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in egg and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Drop by tablespoonfuls over the batter. Carefully spread to within 1 in. of edges. , Bake at 325° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; invert onto a serving plate.

APPLE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• First melt butter and allow to cool.
• Core, peel and slice apples, mix with sugar and set aside.
• Sift all dry ingredients, add pecans and mix well.
• Beat egg into the cooled melted butter.
• Add apple mixture and butter mixture to the dry ingredients, mix well.
• Pour into an 8 inch cake tin and bake in a moderately hot oven 180`C (360`F) for 45 minutes.

GERMAN APPLE CAKE WITH STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9x13" baking dish or spray with non-stick baking spray.
• Mix flour, butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until combined.
• Pat the cake dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared baking dish using the back of a rubber spatula or your hands. Refrigerate until apple filling is ready.
• In another large bowl, combine the apples, lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, cinnamon, and applesauce. Spoon apple filling in an even layer over the cake dough.
• In another large bowl, cut the butter into the flour and sugar using a pastry cutter until it resembles coarse crumbs. Squeeze handfuls of streusel topping together to create larger clumps, then sprinkle the streusel over the apple filling.
• Bake for 45 minutes until lightly golden brown on top and the apples are soft.
• Cool completely, then cut into squares and serve with sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. I think this cake tastes best cold, straight from the fridge.

TRADITIONAL GERMAN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Pastry: 160g white flour 80g chopped almonds 160g cold butter, chopped into chunks 80g sugar pinch of salt 1 egg 1.Mix all the ingredients together quickly 2.Roll out the pastry so it is 4mm thick and has a 3cm border. 3.Lay the pastry in a 20cm dish and pinch it to the sides and corners. Fork a couple of holes in the pastry so the air can get through.
• Filling: 4 apples, peeled, quartered then thinly sliced. 1 tsp cinnamon 50g chopped almonds 1.Heat the oven to 180deg C fan. 2.Lay two thirds of the sliced apple on the pastry then sprinkle over the almonds and cinnamon. 3.Lay the remaining apples on top in a decorative fashion.
• Custard Filling: 2 eggs 150g sugar 1 tsp vanilla sugar pinch of salt 50 g vanilla custard powder 250ml cream 1.Beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt for a minute, then mix in the custard powder and cream. 2.Pour the whole mixture over the apples. Bake for 45 minutes. If the apples are browning too quickly, cover the dish with aluminium foil.
• Tips - If you have time, try to prepare the pastry in advance and leave it wrapped in cling film in a ball in the fridge. This will make it a lot easier to roll and stop the pastry from cracking apart.