Nanou's apple and almond cake
Apples and almonds are the dominant flavours in this old family cake recipe, but these are joined by delightful notes of lemon and rum.
19K 8 4.8
Last modified on: November 14th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 cakes, you will need:
- 1
240 g caster sugar - 2
240 g butter - 3
240 g flour - 4
2 eggs - 5
160 g cream - 6
300 g ground almonds - 7
4 pinches fine (or table) salt - 8
1 kg 600 g apple - 9
4 tablespoons rum - 10
4 tablespoons lemon juice - Total weight: 3,000 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 min. | 30 min. | 1 hour | 2 hours 14 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put 240 g caster sugar and 240 g butter in a mixer bowl and beat together.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Add 240 g flour, 2 eggs, 160 g cream, 300 g ground almonds and 4 pinches fine (or table) salt.
Beat until evenly mixed.
Set aside.
Beat until evenly mixed.
Set aside.
Stage 3 - 15 min.
Peel 1 kg 600 g apples, then slice and put into a bowl. Pour over 4 tablespoons rum and 4 tablespoons lemon juice and mix well.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Butter a loaf tin or mould and spread 1/3 of the cake batter in the bottom.
Stage 5 - 4 min.
Add half the apples.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Top with another 1/3 of the batter.
Stage 7 - 4 min.
Add the remaining apples.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Then the rest of the batter.
Stage 9
Keep any liquid left in the bowl from the apples (lemon juice + rum).
Stage 10 - 1 hour
Bake for about 50 minutes to 1 hour.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, drizzle the lemon-rum liquid over the top.
Stage 12 - 30 min.
Leave to cool in the tin before turning out.
Remarks
You can easily adapt this recipe to make a pear version.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made, based on a recipe by Nanou's mother, Giselle.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 7,175 Kcal or 30,040 Kj | 103 gr | 669 gr | 432 gr |
| 359 % | 40 % | 63 % | 66 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 239 Kcal or 1,001 Kj | 3 gr | 22 gr | 14 gr |
| 12 % | 1 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,587 Kcal or 15,018 Kj | 51 gr | 335 gr | 216 gr |
| 179 % | 20 % | 32 % | 33 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 cakes : 12.66 €
- Per cake : 6.33 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tarte à l'coloche, Canadian apple crumble, Alsatian apple tart, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Warm apple feuillantines, ... All |
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple and almond cake, Crisp apricot and pistachio tart, Amiens macaroons, Apple and almond gratin, Macarons (the original French macaroons) , ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Plain cake, Nanou's chocolate cake, How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Arizona cupcakes, Bonnevaux apple tart, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Apple paste, Mulled apple juice, ... All |
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