French Apple Cake
- Sarah L Samuels
- 5 hours ago
- 2 min read
French apple cake has origins in Normandy and Brittany using locally grown apples evolving from the 14th century.
This cake is a delicious but rustic cake, it has simple flavours with a delicate taste of rum to enhance the apple flavour. It has a lot of apples in it and is a simple yet delicious cake.
It has a simple sprinkle of icing sugar on the top and can be enjoyed on its own or with a lovely dollop of clotted cream!
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan) and line and grease a loose bottomed 21cm / 8' round cake tin with baking parchment.
in the bowl of a stand mixer place the butter and caster sugar and cream until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla and mix.
Then add the flour, baking powder, rum and apples, then mix until fully incorporated.
Put the mixture into the prepared tin and level with a small spatula.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out cleanly.
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then transfer to a plate and sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.
French Apple Cake
Sarah's servings: 10
Sarahs skill: Easy
Baking time: 45 minutes
INGREDIENTS
140g unsalted butter, softened
125g caster sugar
2 large free-range eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
175g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp dark rum
3 eating apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm cubes
2 tbsp icing sugar, to finish
METHOD
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan) and line and grease a loose bottomed 21cm / 8' round cake tin with baking parchment.
in the bowl of a stand mixer place the butter and caster sugar and cream until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla and mix. Then add the flour, baking powder, rum and apples, then mix until fully incorporated.
Put the mixture into the prepared tin and level with a small spatula.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out cleanly.
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then transfer to a plate and sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.
SARAH'S EXTRA SLICE
If you don't want to use rum you can use milk instead.
The cake will freeze well up to 3 months.
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