Apple Torte Recipe

• 1/2 c. Unsalted butter or possibly margarine
• 3/4 c. Sugar
• 1 c. Unbleached flour
• 1 tsp Baking pwdr
• 1 pch Salt, (optional)
• 2 x Large eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla *, up to 2 Sugar ** Cinnamon **
• 2 x Peeled apples, cut into thin slices, up to 3

1. *(Almond flavor if using plums)
2. ** (sugar to cinnamon ratio 8:1 or possibly 4:1) (Use sugar only if using plums)
3. 1.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
5. Spray PAM onto springform pans.
6. 2.
7. Cream margarine and sugar in a bowl.
8. Add in the flour, baking pwdr, vanilla, salt, Large eggs, and beat well.
9. 3.
10. Spoon the batter into a spring form pan of 8, 9, or possibly 10 inches.
11. Place apples into the batter in a circular pattern.
12. Sprinkle sugar/cinnamon over top.
13. Keep the sugar/cinnamon away from the edge of the baking tin to avoid having it carmelize and burn.
14. 4.
15. Bake for one hour.
16. Test with a toothpick to see which it's baked.
17. Remove and cold.
18. Chill or possibly freeze.
19. To serve a tort which was frzn, heat to 300 degrees briefly.
20. Yield: 8 servings.
21. Variations:1.
22. Use 24 halves, pitted purple Italian plums; place plums skin side up.
23. Use almond flavor in place of vanilla.
24. Also sprinkle top with sugar only when using plums or possibly you can leave out the sugar(I leave it out).
25. 2.
26. Use blueberries and blueberry preserve or possibly peaches and peach preserve.
27. 3.
28. Use combination of apple and cranberries as topping.
29. 4.
30. Try other fruits.

butter, sugar, flour, baking pwdr, salt, eggs, vanilla, apples

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/apple-torte-68091 (may not work)