Recipe · Kitchen

Apple Kefir Tray Cake

A soft, fragrant apple tray cake that is a great way to use slightly sour kefir.

Apple Kefir Tray Cake
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Ingredients

  • Slightly sour kefir300 ml
  • Eggs2 gab.
  • Sugar150 g
  • Vegetable oil80 ml
  • Wheat flour250 g
  • Baking powder5 g
  • Baking soda3 g
  • Vanilla sugar8 g
  • Apples400 g
  • Cinnamon3 g
  • Sugar for topping15 g
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and line a 20 × 30 cm baking pan with parchment.
  2. Whisk the eggs with sugar, vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt.
  3. Add the kefir and vegetable oil and mix.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture just until combined.
  5. Pour the batter into the pan. Peel and core the apples, slice them and arrange them on top.
  6. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
  7. Bake at 180 °C for about 35–40 minutes, until golden and a wooden skewer comes out clean.
  8. Cool for 10–15 minutes and slice.

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The acidity of the kefir is an advantage here: together with baking soda it helps make the batter light and airy.