Country Womens Association Irish Apple Cake Recipes

COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Grease a 20cm round cake tin.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and the sugar.
• Cut in the butter roughly with a knife (do not rub it in).
• Add the apples.
• Stir in the egg and milk to make a fairly stiff mixture. The batter will appear fairly lumpy.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
• Bake for about 1 hour.
• Serve hot with custard or ice-cream.
• This cake can be cooked ahead and reheated in the microwave as needed.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine the flour, oats, granulated sugar and salt. Next, rub in the cold butter until fully incorporated and you've reached the texture of coarse breadcrumbs. Set aside in the fridge while you make the cake.
• Make the cake: Cream the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, then beat in the eggs one at a time. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a rubber spatula along with the milk. Once the batter has formed, transfer it to the prepared pan and lay on the sliced apples, making sure they are arranged in one even layer. Cover the apples with all the streusel topping.
• Bake the cake until the top is golden brown and crisp, 60 to 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before turning out of the pan onto a rack. When ready to serve, dust the cake with confectioners' sugar.

COUNTRY-STYLE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
• Grease and line a 20cm spring-form tin and sprinkle with flour to coat.
• In a mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar until creamy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift in the flour and fold in lightly using a large metal spoon.
• Mix the milk with the vanilla and stir into the cake mixture.
• Spoon the mixture into the tin and level the top.
• Peel, core and slice the apple and brush with lemon juice.
• Arrange slices on the surface pressing down gently.
• Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake.
• Cool the cake in the tin for about 10 minutes, before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Dust the cake with icing sugar and serve.