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Caramelized apple and walnut cake

Name: Caramelized apple and walnut cake
Prep time: 27 min
Cook time: 1 h 6 min
Total time: 1 h 33 min
Yield: 1 cake
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 g walnut kernels; 4 apples; 50 g butter; 50 g caster sugar; 4 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur); 100 g butter; 100 g caster sugar; 3 eggs; 150 g flour; 5 g baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt

A variation on the classic walnut cake, with a luscious centre of caramelized apple slices, flambéed in Calvados.

64 K 4/5 (6 reviews)

1 hour 35 min. difficulté

Easy

5 €

1 cake

11 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 7^th 2020

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 for this recipe

Preparation: 30 min.

Cooking: 1 hour 6 min.

All in all: 1 hour 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 15 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 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.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 2

Blend the nuts to a coarse ground texture.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 7 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 3

The apples

Peel 4 apples and cut into small pieces.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 4

Melt 50 g butter in a frying pan on high heat. Add 50 g caster sugar, then the apple pieces.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 8 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 5

Leave to caramelize while stirring frequently.

At the end of cooking, flambé with 4 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) (optional). Set aside.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 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.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 7

Add 3 eggs, 150 g flour, 5 g baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt and the ground walnuts.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 4 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 8

Start the mixer again and beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 5 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 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.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 10

Sit the caramelized apples on top...

Stage 11 - ⌛ 2 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 11

...then add the rest of the batter.

Decorate with a few walnut halves if you wish.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 40 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake : Stage 12

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.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	50 RDI=20 %	360 RDI=30 %	210 RDI=30 %	3,650 RDI=180 %	15,280 RDI: 180 %
Per 100 g	3 RDI=1 %	30 RDI=2 %	10 RDI=2 %	260 RDI=10 %	1,070 RDI: 10 %