apfelkuchen Archives - Jenny is baking

Apple Cake in a Springform

I hope you had a good start into 2026! Since this plum cake in a springform is so popular among my readers, I thought I might as well make one with apples. Just like at granny’s, with yeast dough, apple chungs and a thick layer of crumbs. The crumbs contain sliced almonds and gets the extra crunch, cinnamon makes it feel cozy and warm. I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy turning on the oven in winter. It feels so cozy when it is cold outside, maybe there is even snow and you can smell yeast dough being baked. This was also what happened, when I decided to make this cake. It was minus 8 (Celsius) on that day. You may see it on the pictures I took on the balcony, I only managed to stay outside for five minutes and then decided to come in, it simply was too cold. But once inside, ah, enjoying a slice with some hot beverage…

02/01/2026

Simple Apple Streusel Cake

Ole from the German blog Nimmersatt has a legendary apple cake on his blog, which has been on my baking list forever. I finally have come around to making it. The recipe is from his beloved granny (actually not his real grandma, but a neighbor that took him under her wings) that sounds very much like my own grandma. Just as granny Hanna would always have a cake in the house and offer it to friends and family, so did my grandma. My grandma was a very good cook and always made something sweet. If it was somebody’s birthday, there would be so much cake and so many different pastries that the table would almost break down. She always made too much, but that is how she liked it. Usually her cakes were simple, one typical one would be a sheet cake with fruits and crumbs or peppernuts.

19/10/2024

Germany’s Answer to Apple Pie: German Apple Cake

Today I am going to introduce Germany’s answer to apple pie: German apple cake. It consists of a double pie crust, lots of apple filling and is then glazed. Compared to American apple pie, it looks rather plain. It doesn’t have any decorations, but believe me, this doesn’t mean that it tastes any less! This year we went apple picking already and so I decided to make this good old German apple cake. Sometimes you just crave the classics, so today you get this very traditional German apple cake.

15/09/2023