Cook the Book: Irish Apple Cake

Name: Cook the Book: Irish Apple Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 1 cooking apples; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 stick butter; 1 organic egg; 6 servings Egg wash; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters superfine sugar; 59 milliliters About whole milk

Cook the Book: Irish Apple Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 447 calories, 11g of protein, and 21g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is perfect for st. patrick day. This recipe is typical of European cuisine. If you have cooking apples, flour, egg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it resembles the texture of bread crumbs, then add 1/3 cup of the superfine sugar. Make a well in the center and mix to a soft dough with the beaten egg and enough milk to form a soft dough.

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Superfine Sugar

Baking Powder

Breadcrumbs

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Egg

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Bowl

Turn out onto a board divide in two. Put one half onto an 10-inch ovenproof plate and press it out with floured fingers to cover the base.

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Base

Peel, core, and chop up the apples, place them on the dough and tuck in the cloves, if using.

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Apple

Clove

Dough

Sprinkle over some or all of the remaining sugar, depending on the sweetness of the apples.

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Apple

Sugar

Roll out the second half of the pastry and fit it on top—easier said than done as this "pastry" is more like scone dough and as a result is very soft. Press the sides together, cut a slit through the lid, egg wash, and bake for about 40 minutes or until cooked through and nicely browned on top. Dredge with superfine sugar and serve warm with raw sugar and softly whipped cream.

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Superfine Sugar

Whipped Cream