German-Style Baked Apple Pancake Cake
Ingredients
For the apples
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp butter
- 2 medium apples (e.g. Boskop)
For the batter
- 225 g all-purpose flour (Type 405)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- 200 ml milk
- 4 eggs (medium)
- 100 ml sparkling water
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 180°C conventional (160°C fan). Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Grease a baking sheet (30 cm x 40 cm) with butter and dust with 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
For the batter, mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add milk and stir until smooth. Mix in eggs one at a time. Let the batter rest for 10 minutes.
Wash, dry, peel, and thinly slice the apples. Arrange the apple slices on the prepared baking sheet and prebake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.
Stir the sparkling water into the pancake batter. Slowly pour the pancake batter over the apples. Carefully return the baking sheet to the hot oven and bake for about 20 minutes until golden brown. Cut the pancake cake into 18 pieces, flip each piece, and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Tips
Not a fan of cinnamon? You can also use other spices such as cardamom, ginger, or gingerbread spice.
