Classic Dutch Apple Cake Food

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the apples, 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon; let stand for 1 hour. , In another bowl, cream butter and remaining sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and beat until smooth. , Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Push apple slices vertically into batter, placing them close together. , Bake at 300° for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• This cake has been made at Ballymaloe for years. We even have guests who ask for it specifically every time they visit. The fruit sinks to the bottom as it cooks, leaving a light sponge on top with a lovely sugary crust.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line the sides and base of a 8 by 8-inch square cake pan with parchment paper.
• Using an electric whisk or hand held mixer, whisk the eggs, 6 ounces caster sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl, until the mixture is thick and mousse-like, and the whisk leaves a figure of eight pattern, this will take about 5 minutes.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan with the milk, and then pour the mixture onto the eggs, whisking continuously. Sift in the flour, cinnamon, and baking powder, and fold carefully into the batter so that there are no lumps of flour. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan, and smooth the surface.
• Peel and core the apples, and cut them into thin slices, and then arrange them over the batter. They will sink to the bottom. This is meant to happen! Sprinkle the cake with the remaining 1/2 ounce sugar, and bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F, and bake until well risen and golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Allow the cake to cool in the tin, cut into squares and serve warm. It is delicious with cream!

CLASSIC DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375F.
• Grease and flour a 9 in. tart or pie pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, 2 T sugar and baking powder.
• With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in 1 1/2 T margarine.
• Add egg whites, milk and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Batter will be stiff.
• Spoon into prepared pan and spread batter to fit pan.
• Arrange apple slices, overlapping, in 2 concentric circles to cover batter.
• In a small bowl, combine 3 T sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apple slices.
• Dot with 1/2 T margarine.
• Bake 30 min.
• Cool 10 min before serving.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla until fluffy. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the sifted ingredients. Spread the batter into a greased 7 x 11 inch baking pan.
• Place apple pieces in rows on the batter with the sharp edges pressed in slightly. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 50 to 60 minutes, or until the apples are tender and the cake tests done.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine the flour, oats, granulated sugar and salt. Next, rub in the cold butter until fully incorporated and you've reached the texture of coarse breadcrumbs. Set aside in the fridge while you make the cake.
• Make the cake: Cream the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, then beat in the eggs one at a time. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a rubber spatula along with the milk. Once the batter has formed, transfer it to the prepared pan and lay on the sliced apples, making sure they are arranged in one even layer. Cover the apples with all the streusel topping.
• Bake the cake until the top is golden brown and crisp, 60 to 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before turning out of the pan onto a rack. When ready to serve, dust the cake with confectioners' sugar.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE WITH HOT LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Mix and sift dry ingredients.
• Cut in butter.
• Add milk and egg, and mix quickly.
• Spread dough in a shallow greased 8x8-inch pan.
• Pare, core, and slice apples; press into dough.
• Bake 30 minutes.
• Serve with hot lemon sauce:.
• In a saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch.
• Add boiling water, stirring constantly.
• Cook 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add zest, lemon juice, and butter.
• Serve over Apple Cake.

HOLLANDSCHE APPEL KOEK - DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and butter a 8-inch cake pan.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• Cut in butter.
• Beat egg, add milk and stir quickly into flour mixture.
• Place apples decoratively in the prepared cake pan, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon; spread dough over the top.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Loosen cake from sides and bottom and turn out onto a cake plate immediately.
• Serve with the dessert sauce of your choice; cinnamon, maple, butterscotch, brandy or lemon.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Line the sides and base of a 8 x 8in square cake tin with parchment paper.
• Using an electric whisk, whisk the eggs, superfine sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl until the mixture is thick and mousse-like and the whisk leaves a figure of eight pattern (this will take about 5 minutes).
• Melt the butter in a saucepan with the milk, then pour onto the eggs, whisking all the time. Sift in the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and fold carefully into the batter so that there are no lumps of flour. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface.
• Arrange the apple slices over the batter. (They will sink to the bottom.) Sprinkle over a tablespoon of sugar and bake in the oven for ten minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350F and bake for a further 20-25 minutes or until well risen and golden brown.
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool in the tin. Cut into squares and serve warm with cream.

DUTCH APPLE LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine apples, 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon; let stand for 1 hour.
• In large mixing bowl, cream butter and remaining sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Add vanilla.
• Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and beat until smooth.
• Pour into a greased 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Push apple slices vertically into batter, placing them close together.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes in pan before removing to a wire rack.
• Serve warm.