Apricot Kuchen is a German apricot cake with tender cake and moist custard baked all together in one pan. I made a peach Kuchen with canned peaches before and it was a great success. I tried the same recipe with fresh apricots this time and it is oh-so-good! If you love anything apricots, you will definitely want to try this apricot Kuchen recipe. For a detailed tutorial, check out my YouTube video.
What is Kuchen?
Kuchen is the German word for cake. There are, of course, many different variation of Kuchen in Germany. Some Kuchen recipe requires yeast to make more bread-like, but I like the kind that resembles English pie with moist custard built in together. It is creamy and delicious. One good thing about Kuchen is that it doesn’t require much fat, but still makes a rich tasty cake. A Kuchen is typically less decorative or fancy in nature than other European cakes. It might look humble but the taste is not.
What fruits are suitable for Kuchen?
Any summer fruits like peaches, apricots, nectarine, are berries that are bake-able will be good. Apples and pears are good as well.
How to make this recipe?
There are two parts making Kuchen. One is cake part, and the other is the custard.
For the cake; combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut butter into the mixture. Mix milk and egg together and add to the flour mixture. Bake the cake halfway before you add the custard mixture.
For the custard; whisk together cream, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract. Pour over to the half baked cake and continue to bake.
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Serves 8
15 minPrep Time
60 minCook Time
1 hr, 15 Total Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- 5-6 apricot, pitted and sliced
- 1-1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp mace
- 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tsp flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400?F. Grease a 9-inch springform pan.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the butter and cut into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal. In another small bowl, mix together milk and egg. Pour it to the flour mixture and combine well.
- Spread the batter into a prepared pan and arrange the apricot slices on top. Bake the cake for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, to make the custard, whisk together 1/4 cup of cream with the flour until the flour dissolves. Add the rest of cream, egg and vanilla whisking continuously.
- When the cake comes out of oven pour the custard mixture into hot cake and put it back to the oven. Reduce the heat to 350?F and continue to bake for another 35-45 minutes. Let the cake cool in a pan for 10 minutes. Remove the cake ring and cool completely.
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