Apple And Rum Custard Cake Recipe - Cooking Index

Apple And Rum Custard Cake

Cuisine: German
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups   Crust***
5 tablespoons  Flour; unbleached - unsifted
1 tablespoon  Sugar
2/3 cup  Lemon rind; grated
1   Butter or margarine
1 tablespoon  Egg yolk; large
  Milk
1/2 cup  Filling
2 tablespoons  Soft bread crumbs
4 cups  Butter or margarine - melted
1 tablespoon  Apples; tart - sliced
1/4 cup  Lemon juice
1/4 cup  Sugar
1/4 cup  Raisins; *
3   Rum
1/3 cup  Eggs; large - beaten
1 3/4 cups  Sugar
  Milk

Recipe Instructions

* Soak raisins in 1/4 cup rum for 1/2 hour before using.

CRUST: To make crust, mix flour, sugar, and lemon rind. Cut in butter or margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg yolk and 1 tbs of milk; mix gently to form a dough. Pat into bottom of a 10-inch Springform pan that has sides only greased. Press dough up sides of pan for 1 inch.

FILLING: Toss together bread crumbs and melted butter. Spread evenly over pastry crust. Toss apple slices, lemon juice, and 1/4 cup of sugar. Spread apples over crumbs. Drain raisins, reserving rum, and sprinkle raisins over apples.

Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 15 minutes. Beat eggs and sugar until thick and lemon-colored. Stir in milk and reserved rum. Pour custard over apples and bake for 45 to 60 minutes at 350F.

until custard is set. Cool completely before serving. Do NOT remove Springform pan until cool.

Source:
Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook

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