Peel, wash and quarter 1 kg apples, cut out the core. Cut the apple quarters close together. Keep covered with water and juice of 1 lemon. Cream 200 g butter, sugar and lemon peel with the whisk of the hand mixer. Stir in the eggs one by one. Mix flour and baking powder.
Alternately, briefly stir in ricotta. Pour the dough into a greased springform pan (26 cm Ø) sprinkled with ground almonds. Drain the apple quarters and press them into the dough close together (at a slight angle). Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 1 hour. Stir icing sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice and liqueur until smooth. Sprinkle the cake with the liqueur while still hot. Let cool completely on a cake rack. To decorate, wash an apple and cut out the core. Cut apple into fine rings. Melt 1 teaspoon of butter and fry the apple rings in it. Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, let cool. Whip cream and vanillin sugar until stiff.
Let cool completely on a cake rack. To decorate, wash an apple and cut out the core. Cut apple into fine rings. Melt 1 teaspoon of butter and fry the apple rings in it. Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, let cool. Whip cream and vanillin sugar until stiff. Pour into a piping bag with star-shaped spout. Decorate the cake all around with cream tuffs and apple rings
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