Eple-vaniljekake (Maartens selkake)

Bottom:
3 ½ dl flour
2 ts sugar
100 g butter or margarine
2 tablespoons water

Apple filling:
500 g apples
2 tablespoons potato flour
125 g butter or margarine
1 ½ dl sugar

Vanilla filling:
4 leaves of gelatine
2 dl whipping cream
2 ts vanilla essence
1 ½ dl powdersugar
2 egg whites
200 g of plain cream cheese 
2 tablespoons lemon juice



Mix the bottom ingredients in a bowl. Roll flat and place to the bottom of a cake form. 

Cut the apples into small pieces and spread over the bottom. Put the butter and the sugar into a pan and cook until the mixture becomes caramel. Pour over the apples. 

Bake at 200 degrees for about 35 minutes and let cool. 

Put the gelatine leaves in cold water. Mix the vanilla essence to the cream. Whip the cream and add powdersugar. 

Whip the egg whites and mix with whipped cream and cream cheese. 

Heat the lemon juice until it's boiling and melt the gelatine into the juice. Add the lemon juice to the filling and pour to the form on top of the cake. Put into fridge for about three hours. 

Decorate with melted chocolate and a marzipan seal :).