Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Surprise! Last week’s Pie Week has spilled over into this week, morphing into a pie-a-thon. Thanks to boundless pie enthusiasm amongst Milk Street’s kitchen and social team, we wound up with an abundance of pie content that’ll last for some time to come. Stay tuned!
Today’s installment is not a pie, but German Apple Cake (Apfelkuchen) is the apple pie lover’s easier alternative—and just as impressive. “This is one of those slam dunks that worked, and I loved it right away,” writes recipe creator Luisa Weiss, author of “Classic German Baking.” It’s also proof that the best recipes can be found in the most unexpected places (in this case, from a recipe on a package of almond paste). Almond paste gives the crumb a custardy richness, a moist, tender texture and a pleasant—but not overpowering—almond fragrance and flavor. Tangy-sweet sliced apples are fanned on top of the batter and baked into the surface to an elegant effect.
Here’s Milk Street Cooking School director Rosie Gill with the demo. Get the recipe for German Apple Cake (Apfelkuchen): bit.ly/46avgS8
Surprise! Last week’s Pie Week has spilled over into this week, morphing into a pie-a-thon. Thanks to boundless pie enthusiasm amongst Milk Street’s kitchen and social team, we wound up with an abundance of pie content that’ll last for some time to come. Stay tuned!
Today’s installment is not a pie, but German Apple Cake (Apfelkuchen) is the apple pie lover’s easier alternative—and just as impressive. “This is one of those slam dunks that worked, and I loved it right away,” writes recipe creator Luisa Weiss, author of “Classic German Baking.” It’s also proof that the best recipes can be found in the most unexpected places (in this case, from a recipe on a package of almond paste). Almond paste gives the crumb a custardy richness, a moist, tender texture and a pleasant—but not overpowering—almond fragrance and flavor. Tangy-sweet sliced apples are fanned on top of the batter and baked into the surface to an elegant effect.
Here’s Milk Street Cooking School director Rosie Gill with the demo. Get the recipe for German Apple Cake (Apfelkuchen): bit.ly/46avgS8
