Traditional Dorset Apple Cake vs Apfelküchle (German Apple Fritters)

Both desserts lean on apple, sugar, cinnamon, egg and baking powder, yet they arrive at very different textures. The Dorset apple cake is baked: creamed butter and sugar give a rich, springy crumb studded with diced tart apple, brightened by lemon zest, with cinnamon folded into the batter and a crunchy demerara crust on top. Apfelküchle instead coats whole apple rings in a vanilla-scented milk batter and deep-fries them until golden and puffed. Here cinnamon arrives at the end, mixed with powdered sugar and dusted over the warm fritters.