Irish Apple Cake with Custard Sauce
- Beryl Post
- Jul 28, 2015
- 2 min read
INGREDIENTS:
FOR THE CAKE
3 cups Plain Flour
2 teaspoon Baking Powder
⅛ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Cloves, ground
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg, ground
6 oz. Butter, (cold is fine)
¾ cup Sugar
4 large Granny Smith apples
2 Eggs
¾ cup Milk
2 Tablespoon Sugar (for sprinkling on top of cake)
FOR THE CUSTARD:
6 large Egg Yolks
6 Tablespoon Sugar
1½ cups Whole Milk
1½ teaspoon Vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
TO MAKE THE CAKE
*Grease and flour an 8" or 9" round springform pan. (using an 8" pan will give you a taller cake.
*Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
*Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cloves and nutmeg into a large mixing bowl. Make sure the bowl is very large to allow room for the apples to be folded in.
*Cut the butter into the flour using your fingers or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
*Add the sugar to the flour mixture and mix in.
*Peel the apples and slice them into uniform pieces.
*This cake works best and gets that 'chunky apple look' if the slices are about ¼" wide and then cut into 3 pieces.
*Toss the apples into the flour mixture and combine them thoroughly.
*In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and milk together.
*Add to the apples and flour and mix in with a large spatula until just combined.
*Batter will be thick and dough-like.
*Transfer the dough into the prepared cake pan and flatten the top surface using the back of your spatula.
*Sprinkle the sugar over the top of the cake.
*Bake for 45-50 minutes.
*Test the center for doneness.
*The top of the cake should be golden brown. .
*Serve slices with custard sauce.
TO MAKE THE CUSTARD SAUCE
*Place the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale yellow, 2-3 minutes.
*Place the milk in a medium saucepan and bring just to a boil.
*Slowly whisk the hot milk into the egg/sugar mixture.
*Transfer the mixture back to the saucepan and stir over medium heat until custard thickens, about 4 minutes.
*Custard should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
*Mix in the vanilla.
*Transfer to bowl or serving saucer.
*Serve warm or cold over apple cake.
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