Dutch Apple Cake

Dutch Apple Cake

Warm cinnamon apples folded through a soft, buttery crumb — a slice of cozy.

Total
75 min
Serves
4

A tender, buttery cake studded with cinnamon-spiced apples that go soft and jammy in the oven. Dutch appeltaart tradition leans homey rather than fussy — a moist crumb, plenty of fruit, and a warm spiced aroma that fills the whole kitchen while it bakes.

Ingredients

  • 4 Eggs
  • 200g Sugar
  • 200g Self-raising Flour
  • 200g Melted Butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 3 Apples
  • Pinch Salt
  • Sprinkling Ground Sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. (350˚F) Grease a cake pan and line it with baking paper.
  2. In a large bowl, break the four eggs with the sugar and beat until they have tripled in volume and become fluffy.
  3. Sift the self-rising baking flour and add it to your egg mixture. Fold this over, preserving as much air as possible. Add the melted (and slightly cooled) butter and mix until combined.
  4. Add cinnamon, pinch of salt and vanilla extract.
  5. Add the diced apple to the batter and gently fold them into the batter so that the apple pieces are evenly distributed. You can roll the apple pieces through some more cinnamon.
  6. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
  7. Place the apple slices on top of the batter and press lightly. Sprinkle optionally with some almond shavings.
  8. Bake the apple cake in the preheated oven for about 45-50 minutes, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.
  9. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the mold for a few minutes. Then carefully remove the cake from the mold and let cool completely on a wire rack.
  10. Sprinkle the cooled apple cake with powdered sugar

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
455
Protein
0 g
Fat
0 g
Carbs
0 g

Adapted from insimoneskitchen.com. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.

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