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22 Apple sponge Serves 12 | Preparation time: 95 minutes Ingredients For the topping: 500 g apples, sharp For the dough: 150 g butter | softened 150 g caster sugar 1½ tsp. vanilla sugar 3 medium eggs 1 tbsp. lemon juice 150 g plain white flour ½ tsp. baking powder For the cake tin: 1 tsp. butter For dusting: 1 tbsp. icing sugar Accessories: Rack Springform cake tin, Ø 26 cm Fine sieve Preparation Peel and quarter the apples. Starting on the curved side, cut 1 cm thick slices, mix with lemon juice and place to one side. Grease the springform tin. Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla sugar in approx. 2 minutes. Fold in each egg for half a minute. Place the rack in the oven. Start the Automatic programme or pre-heat the oven. Sift the baking powder and flour together and beat into the other ingredients. Spoon evenly into the greased springform cake tin. Press the apples gently into the cake mix with the curved side up. Place the springform tin in the oven and bake until golden. Leave the cake in the tin for 10 minutes after baking. Turn out onto the rack and leave to cool. Dust with icing sugar. Settings Automatic programme Cakes | Apple sponge Programme duration: 63 [65] (65) minutes Manual Oven functions: Conventional Heat Temperature: 170–180 °C Booster: Off Pre-heat: On Crisp function: Off (On) [Off] Duration: 45–55 minutes Shelf level: 2 [1] (1) Useful tip: Instead of dusting with icing sugar, you can spread some slightly warm apricot jam over the top.