Hey there beautiful people, today it’s all about apples, mmhmmm A is for apple.
For my parents wedding anniversary I baked this delicious apple coffee cake.
The first time I tried out this recipe I couldn’t believe my taste buds, it was absolutely luscious, and everyone enjoyed it.
So while planning their anniversary, I thought to myself; Why not add it to my To-do recipe list for the anniversary and I’m so glad I did.
The first time I tried out this recipe I couldn’t believe my taste buds, it was absolutely luscious, and everyone enjoyed it.
So while planning their anniversary, I thought to myself; Why not add it to my To-do recipe list for the anniversary and I’m so glad I did.
Drums rolling……… [#sound effects, violins included by the way]
Here it is
What you’ll need:
BASE
2 1/2 cups of flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 cup unsalted butter chilled and cut into 1 inch pieces [you can also use your normal margarine or butter if you can’t get the unsalted butter]
¼ to ½ cup ice water
APPLE FILLING:
6 large apples peeled, cored and sliced ¼ inch thick
¼ cup granulated white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
A pinch of salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 ½ tablespoon cornstarch or corn flour
For The Base:
1. In a bowl, sift the flour, then add the sugar and salt, stir until well combined. Add the butter and beat with an electric mixer using the dough hooks instead of the normal beater. Picture of the dough hook is below.
2. Beat until the mixture resembles coarse meal (about 15 seconds)
3. Pour ¼ cup of water in a slow steady stream and keep beating until the dough holds together.
4. Sprinkle flour on a clean flat surface and place the dough on it. Roll it into a ball and divide it into half, flattening each half into a disk.
5. Cover with a plastic wrap, and refrigerate for about an hour before using. This will chill the butter and relax the gluten in the flour.
6. Butter an 8 inch baking pan, gently sprinkle flour on it. Set aside. After the dough has chilled sufficiently, remove it from the fridge and place on a clean flat lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry into a 28 inch circle. (To prevent the pastry from sticking to the counter and to ensure uniform thickness, keep lifting up and turning the pastry a quarter turn as you roll (always roll from the centre of the pastry outwards.)
7. Gently transfer the pastry to the pan, trim the edge of the pan if there is any excess pastry hanging out. Cover with a plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.
Make The Apple Filling:
1. In a large bowl combine the sliced apples with the sugars, lemon juice, ground cinnamon and salt.
2. Let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes or up to 3 hours. This process is known as ‘Macerating’.
3. Then, place the apples and their juices in a strainer that is placed over a large bowl (to capture the juices). Let the apples drain for about 15 - 30 minutes or until you have about ½ cup of juice.
4. Pour in the collected juice into a small pan and add 2 tablespoons of butter. Place in the microwave and boil the liquid, on high, about 5 - 7 minutes (you mustn’t necessarily use a microwave; you could use your electric or gas cooker as well.
5. Transfer the drained apple slices to a large bowl and mix them with cornstarch (corn flour).
6. Then pour the reduced syrup over the apples and toss to combine.
7. Pour the apples and their syrup into the base you refrigerated.
8. In a small bowl combine a table spoon of sugar, a teaspoon of cinnamon, a tablespoon of flour and butter and sprinkle on top of the apples.
9. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C (425 F). Place the oven wire rack at the middle and place the large oven pan to the lowest level before preheating the oven.
1 Set the apple coffee cake on the middle rack and bake for about 45 - 55 minutes or until apples feel tender when a sharp knife or tooth pick is inserted through it. Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 3 - 4 hours before cutting. Serve at room temperature.
Makes one Apple coffee cake. Enjoy!
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Here is a picture of a dough hook
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Pixie dust
1 Never forget to macerate the apples or else you’ll end up with a dry apple coffee cake
2 If you want to indulge yourself or your guests, you can serve this cake with ice cream or whipped cream
You should really, really try this cake out, and in case I forgot to mention this, it serves as a great party treat. So whip out your baking tools and start baking. Till next time.
Take good care and have a scrumptious weekend ahead.
Lots of love!
XoXo
I love me some indulgence!
I love me some indulgence!
