CAKES

Apple Cake

Blueberry Cake

Honey Cake

Krishkalach Cake 

Apple Cake

4 Spy or Macintosh apples

4 c. flour

2 c. sugar

3 packets Dr. Oetker vanilla sugar (3 tbsp.)

3 tbsp. baking powder

3 eggs

1 c. oil

1 c. milk

1/4 c. cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking dish.

In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 c. of flour, 1 c. of sugar, vanilla sugar, and baking powder, and mix well.  Add the eggs, oil, and milk.  Stir from the bottom of the bowl, turning the bowl round-and-around, until the batter is very smooth with air bubbles.

Peel the apples and grate them into small pieces.  In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine them with cinnamon and sugar to taste.

Pour 2/3 of the batter into the baking dish, and shake the baking dish from side-to-side to spread the batter evenly.  Pour the apple mixture on top of the batter and smooth it out with your hands.  Pour the remaining batter on top of the apple mixture.  Wet your hands and smooth out the cake.

Add 1 c. of sugar, 1 c. of flour, and a pinch of cinnamon to the now empty batter bowl.  Mix them with the leftover cake batter on the sides of the bowl.  With your hands, squeeze the mixture into krishkalach (crumbs.)  If the mixture is too dry to form clumps, add a little bit of oil. 

Sprinkle the krishkalach over the cake.  Bake the cake for 45 minutes to an hour, or until the top is brown.  Cool and enjoy!

Blueberry cake

2 c. blueberries

4 c. flour

2 c. sugar

3 packets Dr. Oetker vanilla sugar (3 tbsp.)

3 tbsp. baking powder

3 eggs

1 c. oil

1 c. milk

1/4 c. cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking dish.

In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 c. of flour, 1 c. of sugar, vanilla sugar, and baking powder, and mix well.  Add the eggs, oil, and milk.  Stir from the bottom of the bowl, turning the bowl round-and-round, until batter is very smooth with air bubbles.

Wash the blueberries and remove any stems.  In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine them with cinnamon and sugar to taste.

Pour 2/3 of the batter into the baking dish, and shake the baking dish from side-to-side to spread the batter evenly.  Pour the blueberry mixture on top of the batter and smooth it out with your hands.  Pour the remaining batter on top of the blueberries.  Wet your hands and smooth out the top of the cake.

Add 1 c. of sugar, 1 c. of flour, and a pinch of cinnamon to the now empty batter bowl.  Mix them with the leftover batter on the sides of the bowl.  Squeeze the mixture into krishkalach (crumbs.)  If the mixture is too dry to form clumps, add a little bit of oil. 

Sprinkle the krishkalach over the cake.  Bake it for 45 minutes to an hour, or until it is brown on top.  Cool and enjoy!

Honey Cake

4 c. flour

1 c. sugar

3 packets Dr. Oetker vanilla sugar (3 tbsp.)

1 tbsp. baking powder

½ tbsp. baking soda

3 eggs

1 c. oil

½ c. honey, or more to taste

2 ½ tbsp. instant coffee (or 1/2 c. black tea)

¼ c. raisins (optional)

¼ c. walnut pieces (optional)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking dish.

In a small bowl or cup, mix the instant coffee with ½ c. of boiling water.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, baking powder, baking soda, eggs, oil, honey, and coffee.

Stir from the bottom of the bowl, turning it round-and-round, until the batter is very smooth with air bubbles.

Mix in the optional raisins and walnuts.

Pour the batter into the baking dish.  Leave about an inch of room for the cake to rise.  Bake it for 1 hour, or until the top is brown.  Cool and enjoy!

Optional:  After, 30 minutes of baking, remove the cake and sprinkle it with walnut pieces.  Return it to the oven for another 30 minutes.

Optional:  When the cake is cool, sprinkle it with icing sugar.

Krishkalach (Crumb) Cake

1 c. butter

5 ½ c. flour

1 c. sugar

4 packets Dr. Oetker vanilla sugar (4 tbsp.)

3 tbsp. baking powder

4 eggs

2 Spy or Macintosh apples

Cinnamon

Grease a baking dish.  Soften the butter on the stovetop or in the microwave (on high for 50 seconds.) 

In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 c. of flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, baking powder, and mix well.  Add the butter and eggs and mix well. 

Mix the dough by hand, turning it over and around, very softly, like a baby.  Pick up the dough and let it fall, so that it breaks into pieces and then into crumbs.  Gradually add the remaining 2 c. of flour as you mix the dough.

Crumble enough dough into the baking dish to fill it halfway.  Continue to work the remaining dough into smaller and smaller pieces.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Peel and grate the apples.  In a small bowl, mix them with ¼ c. of flour, and cinnamon and sugar to taste. 

Smooth the apple mixture over the dough in the baking dish.  Sprinkle some cinnamon evenly over the apple mixture.  Crumble the remaining dough on top.

Optional:  Beat 1 egg in a small dish and glaze the cake with it.

Bake the cake for 1 hour or until it is golden brown on top.  Cool and enjoy!

Optional:  When the cake is cook, sprinkle it with icing sugar.

Optional:  Use jam instead of apple filling or no filling at all.