

A cake from Chile with German origins which involves drenching apples in cream. Yeah!
Ginny also provided clotted cream for this drunken affair.
Filling
1lb 7oz tart apples, prepared weight (about 5)
2¾ oz/generous ⅓ cup granulated sugar (I used dark brown sugar)
3½ fl oz/½ cup heavy cream
(I added half a nutmeg, grated)
Cake
10½ oz/2 cups all-purpose flour
2½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt (heaping, for me)
5½ oz/scant 1½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
3 eggs, lightly beaten
5 tbsp rum
5 tbsp water
(I added some Extrait antillais, which is rum, vanilla, mace, sapote and tonka bean; vanilla extract is a good alternative)
Grease and flour a 9" springform pan--it needs to be at least 2¾" tall. Preheat the oven to 325℉/160℃.
Peel and core the apples, cut each into 8 parts and thinly slice.
Combine the sliced apples with the cream and sugar, and nutmeg, if
using.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Cream the butter, add
the sugar and beat until creamy. Add the beaten egg in four batches,
scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition. Fold in the flour in
4 batches, adding the rum and water with the third batch. (I did 3
additions of dry, alternating with 2 additions of the wet). Gently fold
in the last of the flour mixture and stop mixing as soon as it is
incorporated.
The batter needs to be divided evenly to create the layers in the cake,
so it's best to weigh it. Weigh 11½ oz of batter into a bowl, and then
transfer it to your prepared pan. Level it with a spoon or offset
spatula. Add half the apple mixture (11½ oz--I eyeballed this: no more
clean bowls) and spread it evenly, leaving about ½" free space around
the edge of the pan. Weigh out and add another 11½ oz of the cake batter
and level. Repeat with the rest of the apple mixture and the last of
the batter. Your pan will be very full, but the author assures us it
will not overflow during baking. Mine didn't, even though my springform
was only 8¾".
Level the top and bake for 1½ hours, until a skewer comes out clean.
(Mine never came out clean, but it was obvious that it was the cream and
not cake batter stuck to it). I baked mine for 1¼ hours, but I think
the oven may have been at 350℉. Oops. Cool in the pan for 20 minutes,
then loosen the edges carefully before releasing the sides. Cool
completely on a wire rack.
From the book
Warm Bread and Honey Cake.