How to make
I have a proven recipe here for you, which is for a delicious and very easy cake. Puff pastry cake recipe, delicious and juicy like Napoleon Cake and Apple Pie.
I prepared the cream with French Charden apple variety, which are very aromatic and juicy. Their fresh sweet-sour taste ranks them among the most preferred varieties for fresh consumption and their rich aroma makes them suitable for the preparation of various pastries. It can also be made well with Golden delicious, which is very close to the Charden variety.
I decided to save you making the batter and use ready-made puff pastry. That way I save time, which in no way changes the wonderful taste of the cake. I decided to make it cake-shaped by baking it in a springform pan.
For this cake, we start with the apple cream.
Remove the puff pastry (good quality is important) from the freezer and let it rest at room temperature while you prepare the cream.
The puff pastry will be completely ready to work with, don't worry.
Peel the apples and cut them into cubes.
Put them in a pot with the rest of the ingredients and cook until the apples are soft, 5-6 min. If you want, you can also add raisins to the apples.
When the apples are soft without falling apart, remove them from the heat.
In a bowl, mix the starch (vanilla pudding) with the orange juice and add to the softened apples. Lower the heat and stir gently until the mixture thickens slightly for about 2-3 minutes. Remove the cream from the heat and add the almonds.
Allow the apple cream to cool.
Preparation for shaping the puff pastry: Grease the base of a springform pan. Cut out a circle with the dimensions of the springform pan, by using the bottom of it to measure and cut out.
Then cut a strip of puff pastry and place it along the edge of the mold.
Spread the apple cream over the puff pastry in the 8x9″ (20x22 cm) springform pan. There are two options, one of which is to close up the pastry with another circle of puff pastry and pierce it with a fork.
When it is baked, cover the still warm apple cake with a glaze of powdered sugar, water and lemon essence, and finally sprinkle with almonds. Then the amount of puff pastry is 10 - 12 oz (300 to 350 g).
The other is to leave it uncovered and sprinkle with the almonds and bake. Which I did, as a lighter option. Finally, only add powdered sugar on top as a finishing touch.
Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 360°F (180°C) until golden brown.
I recommend baking it early in the morning, afternoon or evening and eating it the next day. The cake can be successfully frozen when baked.
I hope you enjoy baking and eating this very tasty and aromatic almond cake.
The almond cake with charden apple cream and puff pastry is ready.
