Szarlotka (Polish Apple Cake)

Thick crusty apple cake, similiar to an apple pie, but with a tangier bite. Be warned, this makes a fairly large cake, you may want to halve the recipe for smaller functions.

Submitted by Toast

Preheat

• Preheat oven to 350 Degrees

Ingredients

• 3 Cups of All Purpose Flour
• 2/3 Lb of Butter (Margarine works nowhere near as well)
• 3/4 Cup of Icing Sugar (Powdered Sugar)
• 4-5 BOILED Egg Yolks
• 1Kg (2.2 Lbs) Apples, peeled and chopped

To Taste, generally around a half a cup of these ingredients makes for a nice balance

• Brown Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Vanilla (Extract or fresh)
• Raisins
• Chopped Orange and/or lemon peel

Method

Base

• Seperate and boil your egg yolks
• Combine the yolks, flour, butter and icing sugar
• Knead the dough mixture until fully mixed, then place in the fridge for 10 minutes or so
• Divide the dough in half, saving one ball for later
• Roll the first ball out until you have a rectangle approximately 1/3 of an inch thick
• Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes, leaving it aside on a rack to cool for at least 10 minutes

Filling

• Mix the apples, brown sugar and anything else you chose from the "to taste" section until thoroughly blended
• Spread the mixture evenly over the first baked rectangle

Cover

• Roll out your second lump of dough to the same thickness and use it to cover the entire thing
• Bake at 350 Degrees until it's golden brown (About 15-20 Minutes) then slice and dust the entire thing with icing sugar.

Presentation

• Best served warm
• As with anything apple pie-ish this goes great with a topping of Ice Cream
• Though I've never tried it I would imagine a caramel sauce on top of this would be amazing