Torta Mele Alla Panna:apple Cream Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons grated lemons
• 4 ounces butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 2 green apples, peeled,cored and cut into quarters and cut thinly
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh lemon rind
• 1/2 cup cream
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon mixed peel
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 package cream, extra
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 sift together the dry pastry ingredients mix well.
• 2 cut in the butter until mealy (use pastry cutter or two knives).
• 3 beat the egg yolk and cream add to the flour mixture, mix well and form a round ball.
• 4 roll out to about 11x7" rectangle.
• 5 line a pyrex dish with the pastry, bringing the edges up the sides, trim.
• 6 ---------filling-----------.
• 7 arrange apples, overlapping on the cake base.
• 8 beat the eggs and sugar until thick.
• 9 gradually add the 2 tbsp flour, lemon rind, cream softened cream cheese, raisins, salt and peelbake in moderate oven (350f) 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• 10 serve room temp with cream (not whipped or serve warm with stiff whipped cream or serve without cream).
• 11 sprinkle cinnamon on top.