Nanou's apple and almond cake
Apples and almonds are the dominant flavours in this old family cake recipe, but these are joined by delightful notes of lemon and rum.
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Last modified on: November 14th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
120 g caster sugar - 2
120 g butter - 3
120 g flour - 4
1 egg - 5
80 g cream - 6
150 g ground almonds - 7
2 pinches fine (or table) salt - 8
800 g apple - 9
2 tablespoons rum - 10
2 tablespoons lemon juice - Total weight: 1,500 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 min. | 30 min. | 1 hour | 2 hours 14 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put 120 g caster sugar and 120 g butter in a mixer bowl and beat together.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Add 120 g flour, 1 egg, 80 g cream, 150 g ground almonds and 2 pinches fine (or table) salt.
Beat until evenly mixed.
Set aside.
Beat until evenly mixed.
Set aside.
Stage 3 - 15 min.
Peel 800 g apples, then slice and put into a bowl. Pour over 2 tablespoons rum and 2 tablespoons lemon juice and mix well.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Butter a loaf tin or mould and spread 1/3 of the cake batter in the bottom.
Stage 5 - 4 min.
Add half the apples.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Top with another 1/3 of the batter.
Stage 7 - 4 min.
Add the remaining apples.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Then the rest of the batter.
Stage 9
Keep any liquid left in the bowl from the apples (lemon juice + rum).
Stage 10 - 1 hour
Bake for about 50 minutes to 1 hour.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, drizzle the lemon-rum liquid over the top.
Stage 12 - 30 min.
Leave to cool in the tin before turning out.
Remarks
You can easily adapt this recipe to make a pear version.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made, based on a recipe by Nanou's mother, Giselle.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,587 Kcal or 15,018 Kj | 51 gr | 335 gr | 216 gr |
| 179 % | 20 % | 32 % | 33 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 239 Kcal or 1,001 Kj | 3 gr | 22 gr | 14 gr |
| 12 % | 1 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,587 Kcal or 15,018 Kj | 51 gr | 335 gr | 216 gr |
| 179 % | 20 % | 32 % | 33 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 6.33 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croissant dough apples, Norman flambéed apples, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, Four quarters (adding fruit), Toffee apple upside-down cake, ... All |
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple and almond cake, Caribbean upside-down cake, Santiago Cake, Almonds pyramids, Brioche royale, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cheese Soufflé, Warm white bean salad with smoked trout, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Sesame cookies, Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chilli potato wedges, Walnut short bread, Pink Reims biscuits, Flaky brownie brioche, Tomato foccacia, ... All |
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