French Apple Cake | Startup Cooking

 FRENCH APPLE CAKE - STARTUP COOKING

Light, fluffy and studded with tender chunks of apple, this French Apple Cake will be a fall favorite! 

During this fall season, I visited the apple farm for the first time in Virginia  found varieties of apples including fuji, Granny Smith, honey crisp, gala, Mc-Intosh, Cripps pink etc., So, decided to bake a cake with any of these. 

A tender, buttery crumb nestled with chunks of apples makes the classic French Apple Cake. In the traditional recipe, they will add dark rum, I personally skip that. This recipe is so simple and easy to bake with simple ingredients.

The cake is packed with apples on bottom of the cake and a crumbly texture on top. It's not overly sweet, but with granulated sugar on top is the perfect accompaniment for apples. 

We can enjoy this delicious cake with Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream or you can eat it plain. Taste was absolutely delicious and serve warm in pot luck or in the evening parties. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare French Apple Cake. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

RECIPE FOR FRENCH APPLE CAKE

Coarse       : Dessert - Cake

Cuisine      : American

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 20 min

Cook Time : 40 min

Total Time  : 60 min

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup all purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 stick unsalted butter - at room temperature

• 2/3 cup granulated sugar

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 3 tbsp dark rum (optional) - I didn't use - in the traditional recipe it will be added

• 2 apples (I used Fuji) - can use honey crisp or granny-smith

• 1 tbsp sugar

PROCEDURE

• take 2 apples, peel the skin and chop it into 1/2 inch piece

• preheat oven at 350 degree F

• grease a regular cake pan with butter or nonstick cooking spray, line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and set aside

• in a small bowl, whisk together the all purpose flour, baking powder and salt, keep it aside

• take another bowl, add unsalted butter

• cream the butter using hand beater

• add granulated sugar, beat well until light and fluffy

• add eggs and beat well  and scraping down the sides of the bowl 

• add vanilla extract and beat well for a minute (if the batter looks grainy, that's okay)

• add the flour mixture and combine altogether using rubber spatula

• add the chopped apples

• gently fold well into the batter

• transfer the batter into the prepared cake pan and level the top

• sprinkle a tbsp of granulated sugar on top of the batter

• bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean

• allow the cake to cool at room temperature

• carefully invert the cake onto the rack, remove the parchment paper, then gently flip the cake over and place it on the platter

• slice and serve warm with vanilla ice cream

• taste delicious 😋 

NOTE

1. you can use 9 inch spring form or regular cake
2. in traditional recipe, 3 tbsp dark rum will be used, after the adding vanilla extract
3. taste will be great, if serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

French Apple Cake with Step-By-Step Photo Recipe

take all purpose flour in a mixing bowl

add baking powder

add salt

whisk well and set aside

take unsalted butter in another bowl

cream the butter using hand beater

add granulated sugar

beat well until light and fluffy

add 2 egg

beat well

add vanilla extract

beat well for a minute

scraping down the sides of the bowl

add flour mixture

combine altogether using spatula

I took 2 fuji apples, peel the skin and chop into 1/2 inch pieces

add into the batter

gently fold into the batter

grease a regular cake pan with butter and line up with parchment paper

transfer the batter into the pan and level the top

sprinkle a tbsp of granulated sugar

preheat oven at 350 degree F and Bake for 40 minutes

French Apple Cake Ready

insert a toothpick in the center (it should comes out clean)

cool down at room temperature

slice and serve warm

French Apple Cake