Low‑Calorie Apple Cake with Quark

Ingredients

• 1250 g apples
• 1 Organic lemon
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp Maple Syrup
• 180 g low‑fat quark
• 1 egg (medium)
• 4 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 100 ml milk (3.5% fat)
• 0.5 tsp vanilla powder
• 300 g spelt whole‑grain flour
• 1 packet baking powder
• 50 g whole‑grain sugar
• 1 pinch salt

Instructions

1. 1.

   Peel, quarter, core and finely slice the apples. Rinse the lemon hot, dry it, grate the zest and squeeze out the juice. Mix apple slices with 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp lemon zest, cinnamon and maple syrup.

2. 2.

   Whisk together quark, egg, oil, milk and vanilla powder. Add flour, baking powder, sugar and salt, then knead the dough briefly. Roll out the dough and spread it on a parchment‑lined baking sheet.

3. 3.

   Arrange apple slices in rows over the dough. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (160 °C fan; gas level 2–3) for 35–40 minutes.