Apple marzipan cake with caramel sauce

Name: Apple marzipan cake with caramel sauce
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 125 g ground almonds without skin; 180 g Flour; 250 g Butter; 75 g Icing sugar; 250 g Marzipan raw mass; 50 g demerara sugar; 1/2 TEASPOON ground cinnamon; 3 Eggs (size M); 1.2 kg Apples, e.g. Elstar; 100 g Sugar; 150 g Whipped cream; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; 7-10 Tbsp Cling film; 7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil

AUTHOR
Kate Willis

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16

125 g ground almonds without skin
180 g Flour
250 g Butter
75 g Icing sugar
250 g Marzipan raw mass
50 g demerara sugar
1/2 TEASPOON ground cinnamon
3 Eggs (size M)
1.2 kg Apples, e.g. Elstar
100 g Sugar
150 g Whipped cream
7-10 Tbsp Flour
7-10 Tbsp Cling film
7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil

Directions

1
Quickly knead 100 g almonds, 150 g flour, 125 g butter and icing sugar with your hands to a smooth dough. Form dough into a ball, press flat, wrap in cling film and chill for about 1 hour.
2
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface until round (approx. 34 cm Ø). Line a greased springform pan (approx. 26 cm Ø) with it. Press dough firmly at the edge. Sprinkle the rest of the almonds on the base.
3
Cream marzipan, brown sugar, cinnamon and 125 g butter. Stir in the eggs one by one. Also stir in 30 g flour. Peel and quarter apples and remove the core. Cut apple quarters into slices.
4
Lay the apple slices and marzipan mixture alternately on the base. Finish with a layer of apple slices. Bake the cake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for 50-60 minutes.
5
Cover with aluminium foil after about 30 minutes of baking time.
6
Caramelise the sugar in a pot. Add cream and simmer until the caramel has dissolved. Let the sauce cool down while stirring occasionally. If the sauce is too thick when cooled down, stir in some more cream.
7
Take the cake out of the oven and let it cool down on a cake rack. Sprinkle the cake with caramel sauce before serving. Whipped cream tastes good with it.