Caramelized apple and walnut cake

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 cake, you will need:

• 1 100 g walnut kernels
• 2 4 apples
• 3 50 g butter
• 4 50 g caster sugar
• 5 4 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional)
• 6 100 g butter
• 7 100 g caster sugar
• 8 3 eggs
• 9 150 g flour
• 10 5 g baking powder
• 11 ½ teaspoon salt
• Total weight: 1,430 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	1 hour 6 min.	1 hour 35 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1:

  The walnuts

  Take 100 g butter out of the fridge and leave to soften at room temperature.
  Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
  Spread out 100 g walnut kernels on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet, and toast the walnuts in the oven for 15 minutes.
  Leave to cool.
• 2: Blend the nuts to a coarse ground texture.
  Set aside.
• 3:

  The apples

  Peel 4 apples and cut into small pieces.
• 4: Melt 50 g butter in a frying pan on high heat. Add 50 g caster sugar, then the apple pieces.
• 5: Leave to caramelize while stirring frequently.
  At the end of cooking, flambé with 4 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional). Set aside.
• 6:

  The batter

  Put 100 g butter and 100 g caster sugar in a mixer bowl and mix with the flat (leaf) beater until evenly mixed.
• 7: Add 3 eggs, 150 g flour, 5 g baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt and the ground walnuts.
• 8: Start the mixer again and beat until evenly mixed.
• 9:

  The cake

  Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
  Butter a loaf tin or mould and spread half the batter in the bottom.
• 10: Sit the caramelized apples on top...
• 11: ...then add the rest of the batter.
  Decorate with a few walnut halves if you wish.
• 12: Bake for about 40 minutes.
• 13: Leave to cool on a wire rack. Enjoy either warm or cold.

Remarks

The Calvados in stage 5 is not essential, but it does add a more interesting flavour to the cake. If you don't have Calvados, opt for rum instead.

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