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Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake

The apples in this recipe are caramelized in a mixture of butter and sugar, then cooled before being added to the "moelleux" batter (which makes a soft, moist cake). The result is a delicious cake combining apple and caramel flavours.

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1 hour 60 min. difficulté

Easy

3.40 €

10 Ingredients

Last modified on: November 7^th 2021

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

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 45 min.

Cooking: 1 hour 15 min.

All in all: 1 hour 60 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

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.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Add 100 g cream and mix again.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Sieve 170 g flour and 3 g baking powder into the mixture.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Mix again.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add the melted butter...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...and mix one last time.

Your "moelleux" cake batter is ready.

Stage 7 - 15 min.

The caramelized apples

Peel 800 g apples, cut into segments and remove the core.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Melt 30 g butter in a large frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add 40 g caster sugar.

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Add the apple pieces and wait until you see the bottom of the pan beginning to brown.

Stage 10

Stir the apples round...

Stage 11 - 10 min.

...turning until they are the required colour.

Take off the heat and leave to cool.

Stage 12 - 3 min.

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).

Stage 13 - 4 min.

Arrange a layer of caramelized apples on top.

Stage 14 - 3 min.

Top with another third of the batter.

Stage 15 - 4 min.

Add a second layer of apples.

Stage 16 - 3 min.

Finish with the final third of batter.

Stage 17 - 50 min.

Bake for about 50 minutes.

Stage 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.

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	40 RDI=20 %	500 RDI=50 %	130 RDI=20 %	3,220 RDI=160 %	13,500 RDI: 160 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	30 RDI=3 %	8 RDI=1 %	210 RDI=10 %	860 RDI: 10 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten

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