For 2 cakes, you will need:
- 1
200 g walnut kernels - 2
8 apples - 3
100 g butter - 4
100 g caster sugar - 5
8 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional) - 6 200 g butter
- 7 200 g caster sugar
- 8
6 eggs - 9
300 g flour - 10
10 g baking powder - 11
1 teaspoon salt - Total weight: 2,855 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 27 min. | 1 hour 6 min. | 1 hour 33 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
The walnuts
Take 200 g butter out of the fridge and leave to soften at room temperature.Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
Spread out 200 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.
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Stage 3 - 7 min.
The apples
Peel 8 apples and cut into small pieces.Stage 4 - 3 min.
Melt 100 g butter in a frying pan on high heat. Add 100 g caster sugar, then the apple pieces.
Stage 5 - 8 min.
Leave to caramelize while stirring frequently.
At the end of cooking, flambé with 8 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional). Set aside.
At the end of cooking, flambé with 8 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional). Set aside.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
The batter
Put 200 g butter and 200 g caster sugar in a mixer bowl and mix with the flat (leaf) beater until evenly mixed.Stage 7 - 3 min.
Stage 8 - 4 min.
Start the mixer again and beat until evenly mixed.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
The cake
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).Butter a loaf tin or mould and spread half the batter in the bottom.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Sit the caramelized apples on top...
Stage 11 - 2 min.
...then add the rest of the batter.
Decorate with a few walnut halves if you wish.
Decorate with a few walnut halves if you wish.
Stage 12 - 40 min.
Bake for about 40 minutes.
Stage 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.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 7,298 Kcal or 30,555 Kj | 101 gr | 723 gr | 411 gr |
| 365 % | 39 % | 68 % | 62 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 256 Kcal or 1,072 Kj | 4 gr | 25 gr | 14 gr |
| 13 % | 1 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,649 Kcal or 15,278 Kj | 50 gr | 362 gr | 205 gr |
| 182 % | 19 % | 34 % | 31 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 cakes : 10.00 €
- Per cake : 5.00 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: X-Files cookies, Chocolate madeleines, Rum babas, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), French Family Cake, ... All |
 | Walnut kernels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate mendiants, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Apple Strudel, Chocolate thins with toasted nuts, Walnut paste, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), Elsa's Comtoise galette, Clementine confectioner's custard, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackcurrant jelly, Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine , Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Little caramelized peach tarts, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, ... All |
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