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French Food Friday - French Apple Cake/s

 


A is for apple or in French, P is for pomme.

We are lucky that we live in a region that produces a lot of apples and we are able to buy direct from the growers.

Having won the war with the plums and despite saying I would stay out of the kitchen, I found myself thinking about making a treat for French Boyfriend.

So out came the apples and some rum....


French Apple Cakes

Ingredients

1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

6 large apples, about 2 pounds (Use a variety of apples for the best result)

3 large eggs

1 cup (200g) sugar

3 ½ tablespoons (49g) rum

¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

10 tablespoons (5 oz or 142g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled


Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and grease the cake pan  you will be using weith butter . You can use a 10-inch springform pan or you could use smaller cake pans, loaf pan, muffin pan -  it works with most. Just watch the cooking time as smaller pans  take less time to cook. Alternately line it with parchment paper which will make the cake very easy to remove from the pan.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt then set aside.
  3. Peel, core, and thinly slice the apples.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs for 1-2 minutes until they are foamy. Pour in the sugar, rum, and vanilla and whisk for another minute.
  5. Whisk in half of the flour mixture until well-blended then blend in half of the melted butter. Repeat with the remaining flour and butter and blend until smooth.
  6. Fold in the sliced apples, coating them completely with the batter then pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
  7. Smooth the batter out then place in the pre-heated oven. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick or knife inserted into the middle comes out without batter stuck to it.
  8. Let the cake cool for 5 to 10 minutes then run a blunt knife around the edge of the pan to loosen any cake that may be stuck to the sides.

Bon fin de semaine a tous ♥♥

Leeann x 
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