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| This is old Croatian recipe - just like my mother used to bake. |
Cake tin needed
12 x 9in traybake
For the pastry
300g plain flour
150g butter
50g caster sugar
Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
2 egg yolks
Pinch of salt
1 tsp baking powder
For the filling
750g grated cooking apples
150g granulated sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
50g ground walnuts
50g raisins
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
Line the tin with parchment paper.
For the cake
Combine all ingredients for the pastry to make a dough.
Do not overwork.
Cool in the fridge for 1 hour.
For the filling
Combine all ingredients for the filling.
Divide the dough into two.
Roll out the dough.
Press half into bottom of the tin.
Spoon in apple filling and cover with 2nd half of dough.
Bake for 45 min.
Dust lightly with icing sugar and cut into squares.
It will keep fresh for couple of days in plastic container if not eaten the same day.
Tastes lovely either warm or cold.
my Baba made a dessert like this :) sometimes she used apple, but she also used any fruit she had handy, like stewed cherries, or canned pineapple mixed with cornstarch or tapioca to thicken it.
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