Peel, halve and core apples. Lightly carve several times lengthwise with a knife. Sprinkle with lemon juice
Mix fat, sugar, vanilla sugar and 1 pinch of salt with the whisk of the hand mixer until white-creamy. Stir in the eggs bit by bit. Mix flour and baking powder and stir in. Stir in unfrozen cranberries. Put the dough into a greased springform pan (26 cm Ø) and smooth it down. Spread the apples in a circle with the incised side facing upwards, close together on the dough. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 45-55 minutes, cover at the end if necessary (test with sticks!). Remove the cake, let it cool down on a cake rack
Boil up the jam with 1 tablespoon of water in a small pot while stirring. Pass through a sieve, spread the cake with it. Remove the cake from the tin and arrange on a plate. Serve with cranberry cream (made from thickened cranberries from the jar)
Figures -02, -03, -04: Dust the cake edge with icing sugar
waiting time approx. 3 hours