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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

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