Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk)

Name: Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Ukrainian
Ingredients: Apples 3-4; All-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups; Sugar 1/4 cup; Salt 1/4 tsp; Baking powder 2 tsp; Butter 1/2 cup; Eggs 1; Cream 1/3 cup; Butter 2 tbsp; Brown sugar 1/2 cup; All-purpose flour 2 tbsp; Cinnamon 2 tsp

Traditional Apple Cake from the Ukraine

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1h 5m
Serves 8
Medium
375 °F
(10)

Ingredients

Adjust Servings:

	For the cake:
	3-4 Apples large, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
	1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
	1/4 cup Sugar
	1/4 tsp Salt
	2 tsp Baking powder
	1/2 cup Butter
	1 Eggs beaten
	1/3 cup Cream
	For Streusel topping:
	2 tbsp Butter cold
	1/2 cup Brown sugar
	2 tbsp All-purpose flour
	2 tsp Cinnamon ground

Nutritional information

264

calories

12,7g

fat

36.5g

carbohydrates

2.7g

protein

50mg

cholesterol

188mg

sodium

Cuisine:

Ukrainian Recipes

Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk)

This Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk) recipe is a family old recipe passed down through the generations. We’re not exactly sure where it originated in our family, but we love it! You can use any fruit in the center, such as peaches, plums and even berries.

I top the cake with dollops of fresh cream and I make sure to have extra streusel syrup, so that’s it’s dripping and divine!

To make Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk), you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk)

Steps to make Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk)

1

Preheat oven and prepare pan

10min

Preheat oven to 375 °F. Line the bottom circles a 9 inch cake pan with parchment paper and lightly grease.
2

Combine dry ingredients

2min

Sift together 1½ cups of flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
3

Add butter

3min

Cut in ½ cup of butter until the mixture is crumbly.
4

Combine egg and cream

1min

Stir together the egg with the cream.
5

Create dough

5min

Gently mix the cream into the flour mixture, until a soft dough has formed.
6

Prepare for baking

10min

Press into prepared baking dish. Create layers of overlapping apples in neat, uniformed rows.
7

Prepare streusel

7min

For the streusel, mix together the brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon together, in a small bowl. Crumble 2 tablespoons of butter into the mixture, and sprinkle the crumbs over apples.
8

Bake

25min

Bake in preheated oven until apples have softened, and topping has browned, about 25 minutes.
9

Serve

Cool the apple cake and serve.

This Ukrainian Apple Cake (Yabluchnyk) recipe is delectable. A traditional fruit cake dripping in delicious streusel syrup. Use any fruit of your choice for the center and let us know how it turns out, maybe we’ll even adapt our recipe to your choice! Send us your pics and tag #cookmerecipes in your posts!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.