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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.

24 K 4.8/5 (8 reviews)

2 hours 15 min. difficulté

Easy

6.35 €

1 cake

10 Ingredients

Last modified on: November 14^th 2021

For 1 cake, you will need:

1 ²⁄₃ cup caster sugar
2 ²⁄₃ cup butter
3 1 cup flour
4 1 Egg
5 ½ cup cream
6 1 ½ cup ground almonds
7 2 pinches fine (or table) salt
8 3 ½ cups apple
9 2 tablespoons rum
10 2 tablespoons lemon juice

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 45 min.

Resting: 30 min.

Cooking: 1 hour

All in all: 2 hours 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put ²⁄₃ cup caster sugar and ²⁄₃ cup butter in a mixer bowl and beat together.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Add 1 cup flour, 1 Egg, ½ cup cream, 1 ½ cup ground almonds and 2 pinches fine (or table) salt.

Beat until evenly mixed.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Peel 3 ½ cups 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).

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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	50 RDI=20 %	330 RDI=30 %	220 RDI=30 %	3,590 RDI=180 %	15,020 RDI: 180 %
Per 100 g	3 RDI=1 %	20 RDI=2 %	10 RDI=2 %	240 RDI=10 %	1,000 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, Gluten, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 6.35 €

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