apple cake & a new toy
Servings: 16 slices
ingredients:
- 80 g butter
- 80 g sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar (heaped - 1 packet)
- 3 eggs
- a pinch of salt
- 120 g all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder (heaped - 1 packet)
- 1 tsp spice mix (heaped)
- 350 g apple bits (about 2-3 apples)
for the baking tin:
- some butter
- some flour
for the icing:
- 100 g icing sugar
- 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp pistacchios (chopped)
equipment:
- handheld electric mixer
- baking tin (about 1400 ml, Ø 19 cm)
how to:
- Preheat the oven to 160° C fan.
- Distribute some butter all over the baking tin - only inside! Add some flour & shake well. The inside of the baking tin should be covered completely - thinly.
- Clean, peel & trim the apples; chop into small bits.
- Mix butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt & eggs w/ the handheld electric mixer.
- Mix flour, baking powder & spice mix.
- Combine everything.
- Add the apple bits.
- Pour the mess into the baking tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 45 min. Make the famous test w/ the wooden pin - if necessary add another 5 min.
- Let the cake cool down for about 15-20 min in the baking tin; then let the cake tumble out.
- When at room temperature mix icing sugar & lemon juice until thick enough for the icing you prefer. Distribute on top of the cake & sprinkle w/ chopped pistacchios.
Notes
Spice mix: it's a store-bought mix of ground cinnamon, ground coriander, ground caraway, ground nutmeg, ground ginger & ground cloves.
Apples: I worked w/ Boskoop apples. 3 apples are more than enough for the cake - I had medium-size apples. In general think of buying 2-3 apples for the cake.
Icing: I preferred a very slow moving icing - so I used only few lemon juice. If you like it more fluent just add more juice.
You may store the cake on your kitchen counter for 3-4 days (covered). In the fridge the cake loses some of its fluffiness.
Sorry: no experience w/ freezing!