This is one of my favourite cakes and I have never made one from scratch. I always thought it too much work and mess. Well the other night I went to a fine dining restaurant and heard this was on the menu for dessert. It was a deconstructed version and I was slightly disappointed. I then decided it was time to do it myself. I was very pleasantly surprised.  I will make it for my south african friends as it's one of their favourite desserts. (Now that I know it's not that difficult) It really worked very well.

 Ingredients:
Cake
130g quark (I used cream cheese because I didn't make any)
50g milk
1 egg
300g flour
20g baking powder
100g sugar 50g melted butter
15 sec/45C/speed6
Scrape down bowl and repeat if necessary. Pour into buttered cake springform dusted with bread crumbs. If you don't have any use flour.
Cake topping
50g sugar
100g butter
1/4 tsp vanilla
50g apricot jam
2 1/2 minutes/60C/speed 2
add 100g almonds
Spread mixture on top of batter and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. Let cool.

For the Filling:5 leaves of gelatine soaked500g milk1 pkg Dr Oetker vanilla pudding powderAdd gelatine after squeezing out all the waterStir 30 sec/75C/speed 3Place in extra bowl and stir so that no skin forms on the milkIn a clean TM bowl add butterflyAdd 200g whipping cream and whip up to 3 minutes/speed 3-4(watch this as I find whipping cream whips faster or slower depending on freshness)Cool vanilla cream mixture and mix with whipping cream until just combined. GentleCoo...