Cranberry Apple Kuchen

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9″ cake pan. Peel, core, and slice apples. Set aside.

Blend together sugar, egg, and butter till fluffy and light. Set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg in a separate bowl. Add dry mixture and milk alternately into the creamed sugar mixture. Do not overbeat; mix only until ingredients are combined.

Pour batter into cake pan. Next arrange apples around the outside of the cake pan; lay them flat, and overlap so they resemble the spokes on a bicycle wheel. Then take half of the cranberries and arrange them in the center of the cake, around the inside of the apple ring. Put the rest of the cranberries around the exterior of the pan.

Combine the Tablespoon of sugar and 1/4 teaspoons of sugar in a small bowl. Take the cinnamon sugar mixture and sprinkle evenly over the top of the apples and cranberries.

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.

Right before serving, make the sweet cream sauce. Melt butter in a saucepan, with sugar and cream. Simmer for 5 minutes, till thickened. Pour over individual pieces of cake. Then serve.

Adapted from the “French Laundry Cookbook”