Here you can find the recipe for a class danish apple cake. In Denmark it is called 'æblekage' and danish æblekage consists of apple porridge, crushed danish makroner and whipped cream. It is kind of a danish apple trifle. So good!
Danish æblekage
In Denmark we have a long tradition of making a classic æblekage. You can make many sorts of danish apple cakes, but this one, which looks like an apple trifle, is very popular.
The Danish apple trifle is very easy to make and is a perfect dessert for when you are having guests over. You can prepare the dessert several hours before. And you can even make the apple porridge days before, if you just contain it in the fridge in meanwhile. When you then want to make the danish apple trifle, you can just crush the danish makroner, make the whipped cream and you are good to go!
Danish apple cake recipe
Normally you would serve this danish apple cake recipe in a large bowl. But I just thinks it looks so nice when each portion is arranged in a glas of its own. You can choose yourself whether you would like to arrange it in a large bowl or in a glass.
As you can see i use danish makroner in this danish apple cake. If you live outside Denmark it can be a bit difficult to find them. But i found a Scandinavian store where you can buy danish makroner.
Danish apple cake (Æblekage)
Ingredients
- 500 g apples
- 50 g cane sugar
- 0,5 vanilla pod
- 0,5 dl water
- 150 g danish makroner
- 2,5 dl whipping cream
Instructions
- Peel the apples and cut them into small pieces. Spread the apple pieces in a pan.
- Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla pod and mix with some of the cane sugar.
- Add water, cane sugar, the vanilla from the vanilla pod to the apples in the pan.
- Let it cook on medium heat until the apples are cooked. It took me 10 minutes and then the apples had the perfect texture. How long the apples should be cooked depends on which apples you use.
- Put the apple porridge in the fridge and let it cool completely.
- When your apple porridge is cold, crush the danish markoner and whip the whipping cream and turn it into whipped cream.
- In a serving glas you put crushed danish makroner, apple porridge, crushed danish makroner and apple porridge. You finally top it with whipped cream and decorate with crushed danish makroner. You can also make it in one large bowl instead of portioning.
- Put the dessert in the fridge undtil it is ready to be served. It can easily stand for a few hours.
Danish apple trifle
There are always many opinions on how a traditional danish apple cake is made, but this recipe is my take on it. Some people would say, there should be more/less apple porridge, danish makroner etc. You can adjust the recipe the way you like, but i really like this combination.
You can easily adjust the amount of apple trifles, and if you make the apple dessert for many people it might be easier to make it into one or two big bowls. The dessert can be made any time of the year, but the apples are always better when they are in season.
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