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Namibian Apfelkuchen

Name: Namibian Apfelkuchen
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Namibia
Ingredients: 3 Apples; 200g All-purpose flour; 120g Butter; 120g Sugar; 2 Egg; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 50ml Milk; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 150ml Heavy Cream

Dessert

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

German-style cake baked with apples on top — a Namibian café coffee-time classic.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Namibia was once a German colony, and Swakopmund and Windhoek still have many German-style bakeries and cafés. The afternoon custom of 'Kaffee und Kuchen' (coffee and cake) has taken root, and apple cake is a classic. It's served with whipped cream.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a café in a German-style building in Swakopmund, apple cake and whipped cream come with coffee as desert and sea stretch beyond the window.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Apples 3
All-purpose flour 200g
Butter 120g
Sugar 120g
Egg 2
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Milk 50ml
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Heavy Cream 150ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel and quarter the apples, score the rounded sides shallowly, and drizzle with lemon juice.
Cream the softened butter and sugar and add the eggs.
Mix in the flour, baking powder, and milk and spread in a pan.
Arrange the apples on top and sprinkle with cinnamon and a little sugar.
Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes and serve with whipped cream.

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