Beat the room temperature butter for 6–8 minutes until fluffy, add the sugar and salt, beat until everything has dissolved.
Then incorporate the eggs one at a time. Mix the flour with the baking powder, cinnamon, grated walnuts and orange zest, and stir in quickly.
Add a tablespoon or two of milk if necessary if the dough is too firm.
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250 gButter
250 gSugar
1 pkg.Vanilla sugar
1 Salt
4 Eggs
350 gFlour
2 tsp.Baking powder
1 tsp.Cinnamon
50 gGrated walnuts
½ Grated zest of half an organic orange
1 ½ tsp.Milk
½ Grated zest of half an organic orange
Step 2
Grease the springform pan thoroughly, sprinkle with breadcrumbs or walnut flour and pour in the dough.
Cut the apples into eighths and spread on the dough, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and bake at 180°C for 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, beat 3 egg whites with a few drops of lemon juice until stiff and gradually add the sugar. Beat until it has dissolved. Fill a piping bag with the mixture.
undefined Some breadcrumbs or walnut flour for the springform pan
750 gSour apples (e.g. Boskoop, Holsteiner Cox)
3 tbsp.Cinnamon sugar
undefined For the meringue:
3 Egg whites
undefined A little juice of a lemon
200 gVery fine sugar
Step 3
Remove the cake from the oven, top with the beaten egg whites and bake for 15–20 minutes until done – test with a skewer! Caramelize the nuts and seeds with sugar in a non-stick frying pan and spread out on baking paper.
Once cooled, roughly chop and distribute over the baked cake.
undefined For the crunch:
100 gMixed nuts and seeds, such as walnuts, pecans, pistachios, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds