"Amber cake" apple from T. L. Tolstoy

"Amber cake" apple from T. L. Tolstoy

Category: Bakery products

Ingredients
Apples (preferably Antonovka)	1.5KG
Sugar (1 tbsp in dough and 1 tbsp in apples)	2 tbsp.
Butter	100 g
Eggs	3 pcs.
Baking powder	1.5 tsp.
Vanillin	1.5 g
Flour	1 tbsp.

Cooking method

• Today is the holiday - the Transfiguration of the Lord, popularly called the Apple Savior. God Himself ordered to bake pies with apples. I also baked. The recipe for "Amber Cake", according to the museum employee Yasnaya Polyana, belongs to the daughter of Leo Tolstoy, Tatiana Lvovna Tolstoy-Sukhotina.
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• According to the set of ingredients, it may seem that this is an ordinary charlotte. But it is distinguished from charlotte by a very large number of apples. These are, rather, baked apples. And the dough serves as a kind of pillow for them. Tatyana Lvovna suggested baking a cake with Antonovka. But Antonovka is not yet ripe, so I picked stronger apples in the garden.
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• We line the baking dish with baking paper, on it in random order we put butter, cut into small pieces. It is advisable to take a large form, as there are many apples. I have a mold with a diameter of 33.5 cm.
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• Cut the apples, remove the core (do not clean), cut them into not very thin plates and put them in a mold in two layers.
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• Pour apples with one glass of sugar. We put a baking sheet in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
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• We bake for 30 - 40 minutes. Adjust the time and temperature according to your oven. The apples should be baked and the sugar should caramelize slightly.
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• Before the apples are ready, mix the eggs with sugar and beat lightly (I did it with a mixer).
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• Add flour, baking powder, vanillin, beat a little (I don't have a photo of the dough).
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• We take out the baking sheet from the oven and pour the dough over the baked apples.
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• We put in the oven for 30 - 40 minutes (we focus on our oven). The readiness of the cake is determined by the browned top and dry torch.
• This is what the cake looks like after baking. You need to let it cool completely.
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• After the cake has cooled, turn it over onto a dish and remove the paper. Here's a cake. Indeed, amber in color.
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• We pour tea and treat all our loved ones with cake. The cake turns out to be very apple, very tender and very tasty.
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• Have a delicious tea party!

Time for preparing:

70 minutes

Cooking program:

We bake in the oven at 200 *

Note

In this photo Leo N. Tolstoy with his daughter Tatyana Lvovna. Yasnaya Polyana. 1887 Photo of M. A. Stakhovich.

Fruit orchards are the decoration of the estate in Yasnaya Polyana. Its garden and park ensemble has been created for more than a century and a half.

LN Tolstoy increased the area of ​​the garden from 10 to 40 hectares. In the first year after his marriage, according to the memoirs of SA Tolstoy, he "planted a large apple orchard." The varietal assortment of plantings is very diverse. In addition to white filling, linen, boletus, pear, korobovka, cinnamon, aport, hijacker, titovka, Lev Nikolayevich planted antonovka, grandmother's, anise, rosemary, yellow arcades (one of Tolstoy's favorite apples) and others in the garden - more than thirty varieties in total.

According to SA Tolstoy's notes, there were 6385 fruit trees of various species in the garden. There were 7,900 apple trees alone, and 8,500 trees with cherries and plums. The old apple trees planted by Tolstoy are still growing and bearing fruit in the garden.
It is no coincidence that today, once every two years, up to 200 Tolstoy - descendants of Lev Nikolaevich and Sophia Andreevna - come to Yasnaya Polyana. In addition to various cultural, official and other events, apple jam and apple pies are necessarily cooked. Including this recipe.
Thanks for the recipe Navely 🔗

How interesting it is to plunge into history) I liked the recipe, especially for its simplicity and the addition of historical facts. Thank you

Great recipe! Thank you.

[lappl1]

lappl1, the cake looks wonderful! ... I took it to the bookmarks. I will definitely try!

What a beautiful shape-shifter! A very quick pie is already useful for those who need to dispose of the harvest.

[Julia]

How interesting it is to plunge into history) I liked the recipe, especially for its simplicity and the addition of historical facts. Thank you

Thank you, Julia, for the assessment! I am also interested in recipes related to our history.

[Florichka-Irina]

Florichka-Irina, Rusalca-Anna, I am pleased that you liked it! Thank you ! Make a pie for health!

[Marina]

What a beautiful shape-shifter! A very quick pie is already useful for those who need to dispose of the harvest.

Marina, Thank you ! Indeed, not a troublesome recipe! And the composition of the products captivates!

[lappl1]

lappl1what a fine fellow you are! And the recipe is wonderful, and the design, and ... Old recipes, and even with history, associated with famous and all revered people - this is a very important thing. For me at least. There is something in sitting down to drink tea with a pie that was on the table at the Tolstoys a hundred years ago ... Thank you!

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, great recipe! Thank you! I will definitely do it and report back.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, this is COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll bookmark it, I'll bake it after the vacation!

[Irisha]

the recipe is wonderful, and the design, and ... Old recipes, and even with history, associated with famous and all revered people - this is a very important thing. For me at least. There is something in sitting down to drink tea with a pie that was on the table at the Tolstoys a hundred years ago ... Thank you!

Irisha, Thank you so much ! I am very pleased with your assessment! I, too, caught myself thinking during tea drinking with this cake about some involvement in history.

[gala10-Galina]

gala10-Galina , Matilda_81-Gulya , thank you very much! Prepare a cake for your health and your loved ones!

Very interesting!!! Well, how can you not cook such beauty ??? !!!!!

[Mom Tanya]

Mom Tanya, Thank you! great! Try to cook. I think you will like ...

I baked your pie. I won't show you a photo. Everything is black. Not amber, but obsidian is straight. I haven't tried it myself, my son said it was delicious.

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, thanks for the very tasty and easy recipe, I really liked the cake.

Oh, what he is !! For such a cake, perhaps, I will get the most beautiful set. For the introduction to history. I'll do it tomorrow, there are a lot of apples ... And special thanks for the cultural component.

Thank you, Lyudmila, for the recipe with history! I baked it in the country, it turned out beautiful and tasty, it has already been eaten

P.S. skusssnaaaa. I will definitely do it. I'll brown it not so much and show it then.
and then all these "charlottes" are already tired of the same.
Thanks for the recipe.

Thank you, really delicious, a great alternative to charlotte. When she was baking, the godfathers came to visit, ate the cake almost hot. Nice, simple, apples, like marmalade. In winter, I will probably have a cake on duty.

This pie differs from charlotte not in the number of apples. In charlotte (mine - for sure))), the same number of apples and a scanty dough. Namely, by preliminary baking the apples, because of what they are baked into such an apple-jam layer. Need to try.

Yes, in our apple land Antonovka for pies is the very thing. But anything is allowed))).

[Barbara]

I baked your pie. I won't show you a photo. Everything is black. Not amber, but obsidian is straight.

P.S. skusssnaaaa. I will definitely do it. I'll brown it not so much and show it then. and then all these "charlottes" are already tired of the same. Thanks for the recipe.

BarbaraThank you very much for making this historic cake. I'm glad you even liked the obsidian version. This means that you will like amber even more. Bake to your health!

[Lyudochka]

thanks for a very tasty and easy recipe, I really liked the cake.

Lyudochka, what a beautiful amber cake you have! Bravo! I'm glad I liked the process and the result! Thanks for the photo! Handsomely !

[Spline]

For such a cake, perhaps, I will get the most beautiful set. For the introduction to history. I'll do it tomorrow, there are a lot of apples ... And special thanks for the cultural component.

Spline, bake to your health! Thanks for rating the recipe!

[Olga]

really delicious, a great alternative to charlotte. When she was baking, the godfathers came to visit, ate the cake almost hot. Nice, simple, apples, like marmalade. In winter, I will probably have a cake on duty.

Olga, thanks for using the recipe! I'm glad I liked the cake! Indeed, a very simple recipe. I bake for the second day in a row - despite the fact that it is so big, it flies away instantly!

[Nata]

In charlotte (mine - for sure))), the same number of apples and minuscule dough.

Wow! And I always put three medium apples in a charlotte. But how many housewives, so many charlottes!

preliminary baking of apples due to which they are baked into such an apple-jam layer.

Yes, the apples are delicious here!

Need to try.

Nata, I will be glad if you try to bake.

But anything is allowed))).

Any apples will do, of course. But from hard grades I liked it better. Let's wait for Antonovka, and bake a cake from it.

[lappl1]

lappl1,

Here is my charlotte. There are really some apples))). I just don't know the other. We all eat (among friends) only this))):

https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=13166.0

I will tell you a terrible secret: I live in Tolstoy's places))). D. Yasnaya Polyana from me in 500m. My children go to a school that was opened in 1929. daughter of Tolstoy. The school is located opposite the entrance to the estate museum. And they study at the Yasnaya Polyana House of Culture (it is also old, but restored) and within the museum walls. The old earl's apple trees have now been cut down, if my memory serves me right (but the new garden is laid out in the same place). I still remember them (Yasnaya Polyana is a Mecca for us locals since childhood))). The garden was right next to the house and the stables opposite. But they became extremely old, although they took care of them to the last. The town of Belev is especially famous for apples. There is apple paradise.)))

So Antonovka contains a very large amount of pectin and is incredibly fragrant. When boiled / baked, mature Antonovka turns into jam. Therefore, it should turn out to be practically apple jam in a layer and dough in a layer. It is from Antonovka that authentic Belevskaya pastille is produced.

[Nata]

Nata, Blimey ! Charlotte to all charlottes! Beautiful! And as they taught me, so I bake. I will definitely bake your version now.

I will tell you a terrible secret: I live in Tolstoy's places))). D. Yasnaya Polyana from me in 500m. My children go to a school that was opened in 1929. daughter of Tolstoy.

You just surprised and amazed me! I didn’t think that by exposing the recipe, I would communicate with the classic countrywoman! I am very interested in what you wrote! Thank you for sharing this information.

The town of Belev is especially famous for apples. There is apple paradise.)))

I know, I know Belev! And precisely according to the recipe of Belyov marshmallow. Last year I was looking for recipes for apple blanks, came across a recipe for marshmallow. I waited until Antonovka matures and made this masterpiece! I was amazed at the taste! I didn't have time to cook - I was eaten instantly! This year my garden is resting, but there are enough apples. So I will definitely do Belevskaya.
By the way, I also lived in apple paradise - in Alma-Ata. In Kazakh, alma is an apple, ata is a father. There are completely different varieties than here in Russia - sweeter. But there is no Antonovka. I discovered it here for myself! Indeed, an indescribable aroma! In my garden there are two old (30 years old) Antonovka trees. What kind of pickled apples are obtained from it! Class!
Nata, thank you very much for the pleasant conversation!

[lappl1]

lappl1, Lyudmila, this morning I noticed your charlotte, but there was no time to get acquainted.The whole day I was impulsed to get to the computer and read as soon as possible. For me, your recipes (or their presentation-design) are some kind of delight for the soul, interesting information, photos are always selected ... Now, if history, and not only, were taught at school, I would fly to it (and so barely trudged).
Thanks for the recipe and for the excursion to Yasnaya Polyana!

[Marinochka]

Marinochka, thank you for your kind words! Glad you like my themes. Peki cake, you will like it!

I will definitely bake it. We are now apples, unless we put them in coffee

We are now apples, unless we put them in coffee

But you are in vain ...

I'm already baking the cake ...

Lyudmila! Thank you for such a wonderful cake! Delicious and easy to prepare!

People are lucky (I'm talking about apples). I don't have a garden, but good friends and neighbors have always shared. And now that Ostashkov is not ugly, that in Moscow no one "complains" about the harvest

Irina, you need to go to Tula to get apples, there they are nuuuu just for-wal-lis!

Then, it's better to go straight to Yasnaya Polyana!

[Mariii]

Mariii, this year in the Tula region. good harvest for apples, especially for winter varieties, my branches break on Antonovka

[Crochet]

But this is you in vain ...

Crochet, I'd rather cake - for coffee, so, after all, it will be more familiar

On my Antonovka branches are breaking

Unfortunately, we also have a few bitches broken off. There are a lot of apples, but there was little rain, so they probably lose their elasticity, break. But, anyway, we'll have apples until next summer. (they are in my first place among fruits)

[Mariii]

Mariii, we, too, will support everything with spears, support it, and they will hang for another month ...

[Crochet]

I'm already baking the cake

Crochet, thanks for using the recipe! Hope you like it

[Tanya]

Thank you for such a wonderful cake! Delicious and easy to prepare!

Tanya, to your health! Indeed, a very simple recipe! And it turns out delicious!

you have a good recipe and a pleasant topic was read

I hope that how I get home
first of all, after cleaning, I will bake this cake
I love when it smells like apples and pastries

[Irina]

People are lucky (I'm talking about apples). I don't have a garden, but good friends and neighbors have always shared. And now that in Ostashkov they are not ugly, that in Moscow no one "complains" about the harvest

Irinamaybe the apple trees are resting? Last year I had so many apples that in winter it took three tons under the snow. I even in December dug out Antonovka from under the snow for marshmallow. And this year, in principle, they should not be at all. But, oddly enough, there are some apples.

[Tsakhes]

you have a good recipe and a pleasant topic was read

Tsakhes, thank you for evaluating the recipe! Have a nice and easy way home! And delicious pastries!

Thank you so much

and to you mutually the kindest in life

[lappl1]

lappl1, yes, they are resting. Last year we were in Ostashkov (where we always rest), which we didn’t do with apples, we even arranged photo sessions. The car barely left for Moscow, so much slapped, including Antonovka. Well, nothing, I'll buy a pie, you have to go to the nearest markets on the weekend.

[Olesya]

this year in the Tula region. good harvest for apples, especially for winter varieties, my branches break on Antonovka

Olesya, harvest is great! Only when there is a lot, then the head hurts, where to put everything. I had only one apple tree in Alma-Ata, but three varieties grew on it - early summer, autumn and winter. And that was enough for the whole family. And now there are more than 20 apple trees. All this splendor has to be looked at with regret. And there is no one to offer - everyone has the same story with the harvest.

I know, I know Belyov! And precisely according to the recipe of Belyov marshmallow. Last year I was looking for recipes for apple blanks, came across a recipe for marshmallow. I waited until Antonovka matures and made this masterpiece! I was amazed at the taste! I didn't have time to cook - I was eaten instantly! This year my garden is resting, but there are enough apples. So I will definitely do Belevskaya. More details: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...on=com_smf&topic=392415.0

Soooo, recipe - into the studio! to the forum! Urgently! I burn Belyov marshmallow, but I don't know how to do it ...