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Skånsk äppelkaka - Scanian Apple Cake  
The southernmost province of Sweden - Scania - is famous (at  
least within Sweden) for its food. This Scanian apple cake is a  
true calorie bomb but so delicious that it has to be eaten at  
least once even if you will have to stick to a water-and-bread  
diet for few days afterwards.  
Proceed as follows:  
Ingredients:  
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. Peel the apples, remove the cores and cut them in thin  
slices.  
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16 large apples  
500 g (1 lb)  
granulated sugar  
400 ml dried bread  
crumbs  
2. Butter a suitable form and cover the bottom with a thin  
layer of sugar and bread crumbs.  
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. Place half of the apple slices in the form and spread  
half of the sugar and half of the bread crumbs on top of  
the slices.  
plenty of butter  
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. Add the remaining apple slices and cover them with the  
remaining sugar and bread crumbs.  
. Slice ice-cold butter over the form, using a cheese  
slicer, so that the contents of the form is covered by a  
thin butter layer.  
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. Bake in the oven at 175 C for 10 minutes.  
. Slice a new butter layer over the contents of the form.  
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. Bake for another 10 minutes at 175 C.  
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. Raise the oven temperature to 250 C and bake for a  
further 20 minutes.  
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