Apple Cake with Meringue – Apfelkuchen mit Baiserhaube - Saskatchewan German Council

Ingredients

• 80 g (⅓ cup) butter
• 180 g (¾ cup) confectioners’ sugar
• 1 egg
• 395 g (1 ⅔ cups) flour
• 1.27 kg (2.8 lbs) apples
• 120 g (½ cup) sultana
• juice from 1 lemon
• zest from 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 120 g (½ cup) ground hazelnut
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons sugar, heaped
• 3 tablespoons flour, heaped
• 1 teaspoon baking powder