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INGREDIENTS:

8 each apples small	

1/2 cup raisins		

2 teaspoons rum or rum extract	

3/4 cup sugar plus 3 tbsp, divided	

1 teaspoon chocolate grated	

3/4 cup	butter or margarine, plus 2 tablespoons, divided	

1 teaspoon vanilla extract		

3 each eggs		

1 teaspoon lemon extract		

1 1/4 cups flour		

1 teaspoon baking powder		

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon		

3 teaspoons almonds ground	

1 x apricot jam		

1 x confectioners sugar sifted

DIRECTIONS:

1. Filling: Peel and core apples. Combine raisins,
rum, 1 tablespoon of the sugar and the grated
chocolate in small saucepan. Bring to boil. Set
aside while preparing batter. Batter: Preheat oven
to 350 degrees. Lightly grease bottom of 10 1/2"
springform pan. Cream 3/4 cup of the butter, 3/4
cup of the sugar and vanilla together. Beat in
eggs, 1 at a time, and lemon extract, beating until
light and fluffy.

2. Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon together.
Gradually beat into creamed mixture. Turn batter
into prepared pan; arrange apples on top. Fill apple
centers with raisin mixture. Dot with 2 teaspoons of
the butter. 

3. Bake @ 350 degrees, 45 minutes. Sprinkle with
mixture of ground almonds and remaining 2 tablespoons
sugar. Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer until apples are
tender. 

4. Remove from oven. Brush jam over apple opening and
sprinkle icing sugar over cake portion.



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