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I got this recipe from my boyfriend his mother. Not sure where she found it, in a magazine or cook magazine I think. Once when my boyfriend ahd visited his parents he came back with a piece of applecake for us. We ate it and I thought it was really good. Then at christmas I got a small springform from my boyfriend his parents and his mom told me she made the applecake in that sized springform. So I asked for the recipe and made it myself. This cake is enough for2- 4 person. When you’re craving something sweet this cake is easy to make and you can eat it all in one evening.
Ingredients
- Flour – 100 gram/ 13 tablespoons
- Sugar – 85 gram/ 7 tablespoons
- Butter – 50 gram/ 3 1/2 tablespoons
- Baking Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Egg – 1
- Apple – 1
- Apricot Jam – 2 tablespoons
- Cinnamon – 1/2 teaspoon
- Milk – 2 tablespoons
Sorry for the weird measurements, as it was an originally dutch recipe the conversion leads to weird measurments in the US system. You need a sprinform of 15 centimeters/ 6 inches for this recipes. If your sprinform is a bit bigger that works too, just be aware that your cake will be flatter in that case. You can double the measurements if your springform is a lot bigger than that.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celcius/ 392 degrees fahrenheit.
- In a medium sized bowl combine the butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, egg and milk. You can melt the butter first or let it warm till room temperature. With a mixer, mix well until combined.
- Put baking paper on the bottom of the springform and grease the sides with a little bit of butter.
- Pour the cake batter into the springform.
- Peel the apple and slice it in four. Then slice each piece into thin slices. Put the slices in the cake with the round side up, see picture.
- Now put the cake in the oven for 20-30 minutes.
- In the meantime combine the apricot jam and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- After the cake has been in the oven for 20-30 minutes, it should be golden brown on top. Test with a cake tester if the cake is dry and if not let it bake for another 5 minutes. Once it’s dry remove it from the oven and put the apricot jam and cinnamon mixture on top. Then put it back in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool down. Slice the cake in four pieces and enjoy!
Pictures
Variation Tips
- Mini cake with apple pieces. Don’t like slices? Cut the apple in tiny pieces and stri it through the batter before putting the cake in the oven.
- Mini Fruit cake. Instead of apple use apricots or any other fruit to choice.
- Mini Cinnamon Apple Cake. Add a bit of cinnamon through the cake batter.
- Mini Apple Cake with other flavour jam. While I think the apricot jam works really well with this recipe, you can also skip the jam or use another jam flavour. Or go for different fruit and a matchign jam for that and you can vary a lot with this recipe.
Oh wow, that looks really good. My go to sweet thing to bake is custard.
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I don’t think I have ever made custard from scratch, we can buy “vla” here in supermarkets, which is similiar to custard. So I usually just buy that instead of making it myself.
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Oh this looks similar to a large apple cake I’ve made a few times, but it’s an upside down cake and has an almost caramel on the bottom that turns into a jam like consistency. I have a springform pan this size, it’s so handy when doing small batches. I’ll have to give this one a go!
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That applecake you make sounds good too! I haven’t tried an upside down cake before. Can you share the recipe or send me the link? I would be interested in trying that one.
It’s such a cute springform pan size and indeed so handy for small batches. Let me know how you like it if you give this recipe a try!
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Of course! You can find the recipe here: http://www.thecrepesofwrath.com/2011/06/01/french-apple-cake/
I tweaked the caramel section as I had issues with it not melting properly and then re-crystallising which was a nightmare; I use 1/4 cup of water, like a regular caramel, instead of 2 tbsp. And I do not stir it! I let it sit and swirl the pan gently as it starts to colour (and use a pastry brush dipped in water to stop the sugar sticking to the sides). I didn’t let it colour too much, just a nice golden colour as I didn’t want it to set into candy. I also needed 1 to 1.5 apples and not 4, I guess I get large apples (I found granny smith ones to be best because they’re not sweet).
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Thanks! It looks delicious! I pinned it so I can try it out once. Your tweaks for the caramel section sounds good, I always tweak recipes a bit too, either to my tastes or if something doesn’t work.
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My husband would love that, now I need to get a springform pan! I am going to pin this so I have it to use later. This looks so good I almost licked the screen! 😉
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I hope you’ll give it a try! It’s really good and pretty quick to make too. It’s handy to have a springform pan, although I don’t use mine as much, they sure come in handy.
Yum, this does look good! I like anything that’s got cinnamon and apple in it. I’ve never had apricot jam, but I’d try it, or I could replace it with something else. I feel like this would probably also be good served warm with some ice cream. I don’t really have a go-to thing per se, but I’m usually a cookie or brownie person when I bake. And it’s usually from a box lol because that’s just easier.
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I don’t think I ever have tried apricot jam before this cake either, but I like it on this cake. You could probably make it without the jam too or use another jam or something else you like on top.
Oh I love cookies and brownies. I haven’t made brownies in a while, maybe I’ll make soem this weekend. Brownies aren’t that difficult to make yourself, I also posted my brownies recipes on this blog (http://lolasreviews.com/lolas-kitchen-brownies-recipe/) in case you’re itnerested ;), although I do agree that sometimes a box is easier and a bit quicker too.
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Oh that looks really yummy Lola! I think I may need to try it, my Grandad is visiting in a couple of weeks and he loves apple cake!
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I hope you give it a try! Let me know if you try it and how it turns out!
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This looks so yummy. I might have to try it next Thanksgiving. I don’t cook sweets much outside of holidays, but if something comes up before then, I’ll have to give it a try.
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I hope you’ll give this a try and holidays are always a good occasion to make something yummy!
This applecake looks amazing, Lola. I’ll give it a try sometime soon. 🙂 The muffins with almond paste turned out well. I didn’t get any photos and they’re all gone but I’ll make them again soon, for my family, and make sure to share. 😀
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Yay I am so happy to hear you tried the muffins with almond paste and they turned out well!
I hope you’ll give this applecake a try soon. It’s a great cake. I’ll have to make ti soon again too.
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Oh yum!! I don’t think I’ve had apple cake before. I love apple pie so betting this will so be one I enjoy 😀
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It’s like apple pie, but with more cake, it’s really good!
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