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Sarah-Jane has lived in Croatia for 10+ years. SJ, as she is known, has been traveling the Balkans & beyond since 2000. She now shares her passion for traveling with her husband & kids.

Croatian Kuglof With Apples Recipe

This kind of cake is made all of the globe, known under dozens of names – but they all taste great and even better – they are all so easy to make.  I am not a baker, I don’t love cooking very much – I love eating, but this cake is one exception. 

Because it’s so easy and can be made in one bowl, using simple ingredients, and requires no complicated steps. My mother-in-law Zora makes this recipe without even looking at a recipe, but I pinned her down so she’d give me the recipe so I could make this for my kids.

Note: This cake dries fast, so it’s best eaten the day you make it. Which, in my house, is no problem! 

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Croatian Kuglof With Apples Recipe (Apple Bundt Cake)

Here is how to make Croatian kuglof with apples. This apple bundt cake recipe is so easy. It's a one-bowl, one pan kind of deal!

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Ingredients

• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar (I use raw, you can use white if you prefer)
• 10 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 10 tablespoons room temperature water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1 packet vanilla sugar (or 1 tablespoon. of vanilla essence)
• Zest of one lemon
• 1 tablespoon rum, dark
• Pinch of salt
• 2-3 medium apples - peeled, cored, grated, and excess water squeezed off

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 175°C (325°F) and grease a bundt pan
2. In a large bowl, use a mixer to beat the sugar, vanilla sugar, rum and eggs till light and fluffy
3. Then add in the water, oil and lemon zest 
4. Using a wooden spoon, slowly fold in the sifted flour, salt and, baking powder
5. Once blended, fold in the apples
6. Pour into the prepared bundt pan
7. Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean
8. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes, and then turn out on to a wire rack
9. Dust with icing sugar and enjoy!

More Croatian And Balkan Recipe Ideas

• Meat and Cheese Burek
• Stuffed Peppers {Punjene Paprike}
• Klipići {rolls}
• Under the bell {Ispod čripnje}
• Pasticada Recipe
• Octopus Salad
• Prezgana Soup (Brown Roux Soup)
• Lazy Apple Pie {Lijena Pita s Jabukama}
• Stuffed Vine Leaves (Japrak)
• Zagorje Cheese Strukli
• Trogirski Rafioli {Filled Cookies}
• Bijela Pita (White Slice Traditional Cake)
• Buredžici: Meat Pie Topped With Sour Cream, Yogurt & Garlic
• Oblatne s Čokoladnom Karamel Kremom (Tort Wafers Cake) 
• Gulaš (Traditional Goulash)
• Croatian Rudarska Greblica
• Walnut Baklava Recipe (Baklava s Orasima)
• Hrapoćuša – Traditional Cake From Brač Island