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: 1,428 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
27 min.	1 hour 6 min.	1 hour 33 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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