I'm going to have to try your Bienenstich. The cake was one of my dad's favorites, but my mom, normally a fabulous baker, never ventured to attempt one again after she had one explode all over her oven and make a horrible mess! This apple slab looks great, and now that apples should start arriving in my farm share box, I'll have to give it a try. Love that apple peeler/corer gizmo -- that's one gadget that really works! To any apple pie baker who doesn't already have one: You MUST buy this gadget! It makes preparing apples for pie easy as pie. An exploding Bienenstich - sounds like a good subject for our annual April 1 kitchen disasters post! And you're right about the apple peeler/corer/slicer - it's an old-fashioned tool that I simply wouldn't live without, come apple time... I can peel, core, and slice an apple in under 10 seconds - yeah, I timed myself! It's fun to make those lonnnnnnng peels, too... PJH

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