Apple Torte - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 None Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and halved
2 tbsp lemon juice
9 tbsp butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
2 None eggs
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tbsp sliced almonds
1 tbsp apricot jam
1 tbsp powdered sugar

Preparation

Sprinkle the apple pieces with lemon juice. Preheat the oven to 325\u00b0F.
Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Stir in eggs one by one. Mix together the flour and baking powder; fold into the wet mixture. Pour the batter into a greased 10 inch springform pan and level with an offset spatula. Distribute the apple halves, cut side down, in the mixture. Sprinkle the top with almonds and bake for 40-45 mins.
Take the torte out of the oven and leave it in the pan to cool on a wire rack. Heat the jam, with a little water if necessary and stir it until it reaches a smooth, glaze-like consistency. Remove torte from pan and brush apples with the glaze. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.