Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

you will need:

• 1 70 g butter
• 2 150 g Egg  ( How to... )
• 3 190 g caster sugar
• 4 10 g Vanilla sugar
• 5 100 g cream
• 6 170 g flour
• 7 3 g baking powder
• 8 800 g apple
• 9 30 g butter
• 10 40 g caster sugar
• Total weight: 1,565 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
45 min.	1 hour 15 min.	1 hour 60 min.

Step by step recipe

1	The "moelleux" cake batter Melt 70 g butter on low heat then set aside. Put 150 g Egg, 190 g caster sugar and 10 g Vanilla sugar into a mixing bowl and mix with a whisk.
2	Add 100 g cream and mix again.
3	Sieve 170 g flour and 3 g baking powder into the mixture.
4	Mix again.
5	Add the melted butter...
6	...and mix one last time. Your "moelleux" cake batter is ready.
7	The caramelized apples Peel 800 g apples, cut into segments and remove the core.
8	Melt 30 g butter in a large frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 40 g caster sugar.
9	Add the apple pieces and wait until you see the bottom of the pan beginning to brown.
10	Stir the apples round...
11	...turning until they are the required colour. Take off the heat and leave to cool.
12	Assembling the cake Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C) . Butter a large loaf tin (or 2 smaller ones like in the photo). Spread a first layer in the tin with a third of the cake batter (a forcing bag is ideal for this, but not essential).
13	Arrange a layer of caramelized apples on top.
14	Top with another third of the batter.
15	Add a second layer of apples.
16	Finish with the final third of batter.
17	Bake for about 50 minutes.
18	Serve cold or warm.

Remarks

If you like, you can flambé the apples in Calvados or rum at the end of stage 11.
For a hint of lemon flavour, add the zest of a lemon in stage 6.

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