Name: Cream cheese (quark) cake with apples and blueberries: fluffy, juicy and an easy recipe
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 60 g sugar; 110 g melted butter; 130 g plain flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; butter or oil for greasing the pan; 275 g soft quark; 3 eggs; 45 g sugar (or sweetener to taste); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 30 g melted butter; 1 large apple (peeled and thinly sliced); 150 g blueberries (fresh or frozen); powdered sugar for dusting

Preheating the oven Set the oven to 180 °C and prepare a smaller baking tray or cake pan – grease it with butter, or line it with parchment paper.

Batter In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar until pale and frothy. Pour in the melted butter and mix. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix into a smooth, slightly thicker batter. Spread the batter over the bottom of the pan.

Quark filling In another bowl, combine the quark, eggs, sugar, vanilla and melted butter. For a smoother consistency, briefly blend with an immersion blender. Pour the filling evenly over the batter.

Fruit layer Arrange the apple slices on the quark layer and sprinkle the blueberries evenly. The fruit will partially sink during baking, which adds juiciness to the cake.

Baking Place the cake in the preheated oven and bake for 40–50 minutes. The surface should be lightly golden and a skewer inserted into the center must come out clean.