Description
A cozy layered dessert with spiced roasted apples, cinnamon cream, and buttery golden streusel. This make-ahead treat serves 4–6 people and is perfect for family gatherings or simple sweet cravings.
Ingredients
80 g soft butter
125 g flour
40 g sugar
1 packet bourbon vanilla sugar
Optional: cinnamon
**Apple Compote:**
3 apples (Boskoop, Elstar, or Braeburn)
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
100 ml orange juice
1 drop bitter almond oil
2–3 tbsp brown sugar (adjust to apple sweetness)
**Cinnamon Cream:**
250 g quark (20%)
200 ml whipping cream
50 g powdered sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla paste or 1 packet bourbon vanilla sugar
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 175°C (150°C fan).
2. Mix butter, flour, sugar, and vanilla sugar by hand until crumbly, then bake on a parchment-lined tray for 15 minutes until golden.
3. Peel and core apples, cut into chunks, toss with lemon juice, and mix with cinnamon stick, star anise, orange juice, sugar, and bitter almond oil.
4. Roast apples for 20–25 minutes until soft but slightly firm, stirring occasionally.
5. Let the compote cool completely.
6. Whip the cream until fluffy, then fold in quark.
7. Add powdered sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla, and chill the mixture.
8. Layer chilled cinnamon cream into glasses, spoon apple compote on top, and finish with baked streusel.
9. Optionally garnish with toasted almond flakes.
10. Add streusel just before serving to keep it crisp.
Notes
Makes 4–6 portions in 250 ml glasses.
Prep time: 30 minutes. Bake time: 15 minutes.
Streusel and compote can be made the day before.
Store components separately and assemble before serving.
Dessert keeps up to 2 days in the refrigerator.
Substitute quark with mascarpone if preferred.
Use maple syrup or xylitol instead of sugar.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass (250 ml)
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 40mg