Apple And Blackberry Cake With Bushmills Custard Sauce Recipes

APPLE-BLACKBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan, and dust with granulated sugar. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together melted butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, the milk, and eggs in another bowl. Whisk into flour mixture.
• Spread batter evenly into prepared pan. Arrange apple wedges over batter, and sprinkle with blackberries. Gently press fruit into batter. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar and the cinnamon, and sprinkle over fruit. Dot with remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Bake until top is dark gold, apples are tender, and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Let cool. Serve with whipped cream if desired.

APPLE AND BLACKBERRY CAKE WITH BUSHMILLS CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• FOR THE CUSTARD SAUCE: Bring milk to a simmer in a heavy 1 1/2 quart saucepan. Whisk sugar and yolks in large metal bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in hot milk. Returm mixture to saucepan and stir constantly over medium-low heat until custard thickens and covers back of spoon, about 6 minutes (do not allow custard to simmer). Transfer custard to clean bowl. Wisk in whiskey and vanilla. Cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. makes about 2 cups.
• FOR THE CAKE: Preheat oven to 350°F Butter 10-inch sprinform pan. Line pan with parchment paper; butter paper. Using electric stand mixer and paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar in large bowl, until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs on high speed one at a tine, Add flour alternately with milk, beating just until blended. Stir in diced apples. Fold in blackberries. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Arrange apple slices over top of cake, overlapping neatly.
• Bake cake untl light browned and skewer inserted near center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour, 15 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Melt jam in heavy small pan saucepan over medium heat. Strain jam; discard solids. Bush jam over top of cake.
• DO-AHEAD TIP; Sauce and cake can be made 1 day ahead. Keep sauce refrigerated. Cover cake with foil and store at room temperature.
• Spoon custard sauce onto plates. Cut cake into wedges. Transfer wedges to plates and serve.