Old-fashioned Danish Apple-cake
Ingredients
Apples
- 1125 g apples
- 1 1/2 dl water
- 185 g sugar
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
Breadcrumbs
- 75 g breadcrumbs
- 50 g sugar
- 50 g butter
Macaroon-crumbs
- 50 g almond-flour
- 100 g sugar
- 1 egg white
Topping
- 3 dl heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 jar blackcurrant jam
Instructions
Apples
- Rins the apples, remove the stem and core, and chop the apples into pieces of about 1-2 cm
- Mix the water and the sugar in a saucepan and heat it till the water has dissolved
- Add the apples and the vanilla to the saucepan and close it with a lid. Let it boil at medium heat till tender (about 25 min)
- Remove apples from heat and let cool
Breadcrumbs
- Mix the breadcrumbs and sugar in a bowl
- Melt the butter on a pan
- Add the breadcrumbs to the pan and toast till it turns to crumbs and has a nice golden color- make sure to stir constantly to prevent it from becoming burned
- Remove from heat and let cool
Macroon-crumbs
- Whisk the almond-flour, sugar, and egg whites in a bowl
- Heat the mixture in a saucepan on medium heat, stirring constantly, till it turns to crumbs
- Remove from heat and let cool in bowl
Putting the cake together
- Add layers of breadcrumbs, makroner, and then apples in a glass bowl or dessert-glasses
- Let the cake sit in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight
Right before serving
- Whisk the heavy whipping cream in a bowl till it turns to whipped cream
- Serve the whipped cream in a bowl on the side or put it in a piping bag and put it on top of the cake
- Serve the jam on the side or put it on top of the cake
- Enjoy!