Amazing German Apple Cake: Recipe?

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Hopefully someone will know what I mean - cake with a kind of pastry base, then apples, then almost like a crumble topping. The German lady who used to live opposite used to make it, and I had it at someone's house recently made by another German lady so I'm assuming a German theme here! If anyone can help I'd be very grateful.

I have a friend who is German who makes this. If you don't get anywhere, next time I see her I'll ask her!

Thank you so much!

Have spoken to my friend, she'll either email the recipe or lend me the book so I can type it up

That's brilliant, thank you!

My dh mother (czech) makes similar with rhubarb or plums:

Pastry base, (sweet pastry)
layer raw fruit (gooseberries or chopped rhubarb or sliced plums)

cover with crumble mix of equal parts butter, semolina and sugar rubbed into breadcrumbs.

bake in oven till done and crumble top is golden.

Mutt - you don't have to eat it all by yourself, at once, do you!

Oh dear now I'm going to have to try rhubarb as well - thank you!

I don't mean you need breadcrumbs, btw, it should look like said crumbs. Sorry.

Would have to have a long complicated telephone conversation with mil to get the czech name.

Apple Struessel cake?
It is in the recipe section here.
Overmydeadbody's recipe.
Have made it twice, VERY good!

Here.

link please goober! [lazy emoticon]

Yes that's it! Oh this cake makes me feel I've died and gone to heaven - I think it's the combo of fruit and pastry and crumble, like three cakes in one!

Oh yum - we used to have this (for breakfast!) when I stayed with my German exchange family years ago. It was lovely. I must give this a try.

Sounds yummy - esp rhubarb version. I love rhubarb.

yes, my dh eats it for breakfast if I ever make it. Rhubarb is starting to sprout now...

I have one, here it is:
German Apple Tart with Shortbread-Type Crust (?Mürbeteig?) and Streusel

Preheat oven to 425 F.

Crust:
2 level cups flour
½ cup sugar
1 egg
3 tsp baking powder
just over half a stick of butter

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend with mixer. Then the dough has to be kneaded to form a smooth ball. This dough tends to be crumbly. If you run out of ?hand power? and it still won?t form a smooth ball, just pour the dough into a spring form and press into the form and a ½? up the side. Ditto if you do get it to stick together.

Streusel:
1 1/3 cup flour
heaped ½ cup sugar
generous dash cinnamon
2 Tbsp ground almonds
½ stick butter (sometimes a little more is needed)

Knead all ingredients together and the form streusel by breaking up the dough. Again, this will be crumbly. If it won?t form streusel, cut up some more butter and try again. Chill the streusel in the fridge while cutting and peeling apples.

Apple Filling:
6 ? 8 apples (tart ones are best)
2-3 tsp cinnamon and 2-3 Tbsp brown sugar
lemon juice
2 Tbsp rum (optional)
Cut the apples into quarters, core and peel them. Then cut into moderately thin slices. Pour apple slices on top of crust. Drizzle with lemon juice (several tbsp) and rum (optional). Dust with cinnamon (as much as you like) and then with brown sugar.
Pour the chilled streusel on top of the apples.
Bake at 425 F for 35 ? 45 min.

oh yum- thanks ! am going to make it asap...