Apple Shortbread cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Dough preparation products. Margarine for the dough and butter for the cream should be taken out of the refrigerator in advance and softened at room temperature.

2. Step 2:

   

   Preparing the dough for cakes. 200 gr. margarine is ground with 1 tbsp of sugar

3. Step 3:

   

   We separate 2 yolks from the proteins. We won't need squirrels.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour the yolks and 1 egg into margarine with sugar, add 3 tbsp sour cream. Mix it up.

5. Step 5:

   

   Sift 1 tbsp flour, add 1 tsp baking soda, extinguished 1 tbsp vinegar (I use apple). Knead the dough, gradually adding the remaining 2.5 cups of sifted flour. Flour may need a little more.

6. Step 6:

   

   It turns out a very soft dough.

7. Step 7:

   

   Dusting the dough with flour (or sprinkling flour on the palms), divide it into 5 equal parts. I use scales. Put the dough balls on a plate and put them in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

8. Step 8:

   

   We begin to prepare the filling. To do this, take 1 kg of apples and 0.5 cups of white wine. This time I used dry white wine. Another time I had a white semi-sweet. There is not much difference.

9. Step 9:

   

   Apples are washed, peeled, cut into thin slices. Pour in the wine and put it on medium heat. Cover with a lid. As soon as they boil, reduce the heat a little and simmer for 30 minutes.

10. Step 10:

    

    Cream products: 0.5 liters of milk, 1 tbsp sugar, 3 tbsp semolina, vanilla and 300 gr. butter softened at room temperature.

11. Step 11:

    

    While the filling is being prepared, we cook semolina porridge. Gradually pour semolina into the hot milk, stirring continuously.

12. Step 12:

    

    Bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Boil for a minute and remove from the fire. We cover it. We put it to cool down. Warm a couple more times to stir.

13. Step 13:

    

    When the apples are cooked (they should be soft), we also remove them to cool.

15. Step 14:

    

    Turn on the oven at 200 degrees. From the refrigerator, we take out a ball of dough and roll out of it a not very thin cake, about d26cm. The dough is soft, rolls out easily. Dust the mat or board for rolling the dough with flour.

16. Step 15:

    

    Cover the baking sheet with baking paper or put a silicone mat. Bake each cake on a baking sheet for 10-15 minutes. The cake is white on top, golden on the bottom. I baked on two baking sheets at once, the process is faster.

17. Step 16:

    

    We transfer the cake to a separate board and cut it hot to the desired size. I used a ring from a detachable shape d25cm.

18. Step 17:

    

    Bake all the cakes. Scraps are crushed into crumbs.

19. Step 18:

    

    Preparing the cream. Softened butter is rubbed with 1 tbsp of sugar, gradually pouring in small portions.

20. Step 19:

    

    Then 1 tbsp.l. add semolina porridge. After each serving, mix well.

21. Step 20:

    

    Pour vanillin and bring the mass to a homogeneous state (at this stage I still used a mixer).

22. Step 21:

    

    So, cakes, cream, filling - ready. We collect the cake. The first cake is coated with 1 tbsp of cream on the golden side and put on the dish with the same side. Spread 2 tablespoons of cream on top, smear on the cake.

23. Step 22:

    

    Spread 1/4 part of the filling on top, laying out apple slices with a fork. Put the cake on the apples and repeat the procedure with all the cakes, cream, filling.

24. Step 23:

    

    We coat the sides and top of the cake with cream.

25. Step 24:

    

    Leave on the table for 2 hours.

26. Step 25:

    

    After 2 hours, sprinkle the cake with crumbs. You can decorate the cake in some other way. I'm just a supporter of minimalism in baking design (because I don't know how, I don't have enough time and imagination). We leave the cake on the table all night. In the morning, put it in the refrigerator.

27. Step 26:

    

    Brew tea, cut into portions... let's get started! Lovers of baking with fruit will not remain indifferent.