Irish Apple Cake Food

ULTIMATE IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Generously grease an 8-inch square cake pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Add the egg, apples, nuts, and vanilla and stir well.
• Sift in the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake about 45 minutes, until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let the cake set in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pan.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Make the custard sauce ahead of time. Bring the milk to a simmer over medium heat. Meanwhile whisk the yolks and sugar until pale. Drizzle a little of the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking all the time. Drizzle a little more, then transfer that back into the pan of hot milk and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Don't overcook or it can curdle. Stir in the vanilla. Refrigerate the custard sauce until needed.
• To make the streusel topping, blend the bits of butter into the flour, sugar, and oats until the butter is incorporated and the mixture has a coarse crumbly texture. Put in the refrigerator.
• To make the cake, grease a 9 inch round spring form pan.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the butter/sugar mixture, along with the milk or cream.
• Spoon the batter in to the pan, and smooth out evenly. Top with the sliced apples, and then the streusel topping.
• Bake for about 50 minutes to an hour, until the top is lightly browned and a toothpick comes out without wet batter clinging to it.
• Let cool a bit in the pan before removing. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.

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.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/Gas Mark 4). Butter a 10-inch pie pan.
• Mix the flour with the baking powder. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the texture resembles bread crumbs. Add the ½ cup sugar, beaten egg, and enough milk to form a soft dough. Pat out half of the dough in the greased pie pan (it is supposed to be very wet).
• Peel, core, and chop the apple into ¾-inch (2cm) cubes. Arrange the apples on the dough and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar and the cinnamon.
• Gently spoon out the remaining dough on top of the apples to cover them completely. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and cut a slit through the middle of the top dough.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until golden and crunchy on the outside (the apples should be soft on the inside).
• Serve with softly whipped cream.

TRADITIONAL IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter an 8-1/2x11-inch lasagna dish or roasting pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar together in another bowl using an electric mixer until light and soft. Beat in 1 egg then 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture. Repeat twice more. Fold in two-thirds of the remaining flour. Stir in milk; fold in the rest of the flour.
• Spread 1/2 the batter into the bottom of the prepared dish. Distribute apple slices on top and cover with remaining batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees (163 degrees C). Continue baking until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 30 minutes more.

IRISH APPLE CAKE WITH TOFFEE SAUCE

Steps:

• For the Roasted Apples, preheat oven to 375 and butter a large casserole dish. Cut the apple quarters into 2 - 3 wedges each and place them in the dish. Sprinkle with the lemon juice and sugar and dot with butter. Bake, turning frequently 15 - 20 minutes or until apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from oven, drain juices off and cool. Keep oven on to maintain temperature.
• For the Cake, butter a springform pan (9 - 10 ") and sprinkle the bottom with almonds.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl, cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.
• With a wooden spoon, fold in dry ingredients, vanilla, sour cream (or creme fraiche - see below) and cider.
• To arrange the Cake, starting in the centre, decoratively arrange half the apples in prepared pan. Roughly chop remaning apples and stir into cake batter. Pour batter into pan and bake 70 - 80 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove cake and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Release sides of pan, invert to a cake plate and remove the base.
• Toffee Sauce; In a medium saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil. stir in lemon juice. Cook 10 - 15 minutes or until it starts turning a light caramel colour. Remove from heat and slowly whisk in the cream.
• To Serve, cut cake into slices and drizzle with the toffee sauce.
• NOTE: To make Creme Fraiche in advance of this recipe, combine 1 cup heavy whipping cream with 1 Tbsp buttermilk in a glass jar. Stir to blend, cover and let stand at room temperature for 12 - 24 hours or until thickened.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x9-inch baking pan.
• Mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat in egg yolks, butter, and lemon zest until dough is thoroughly mixed.
• Mix applesauce, cinnamon, and cloves together in a small bowl.
• Press half the dough into the prepared baking pan; spread applesauce mixture over dough in a layer. Top with remaining dough.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake is browned, 40 to 45 minutes.

EASY IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Grease an 8-inch springform pan.
• Cut wax paper to fit and line the bottom of the pan.
• Sift flour, salt, and ground cloves into a large bowl.
• Cut in the butter until the mixture has the consistency of fine crumbs.
• Peel, core, and slice the apples.
• Add the apples and sugar to the flour mixture.
• Stir in the eggs and enough milk to leave the dough stiff.
• Turn the dough into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar.
• Bake 45 minutes until crisp and golden in color.
• HINT: The best thing about this Irish dessert recipe is that it is absolutely delicious served either warm or cold. If served warm, consider topping it with heavy cream.