Irish Apple Cake Recipe
Looking for a yummy recipe idea to use apples? Well after you make this Irish Apple Cake recipe, you will wanting to make it all the time!
Ingredients
- 3 Cups All-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp Baking powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/4 Tsp Ground ginger
- 1/4 Tsp Nutmeg
- 1/4 Tsp Allspice
- 3/4 Cup Butter diced into small pieces
- 1 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 1/2 Lbs Granny Smith apples that is about 5 apples
- 3/4 Cup Milk
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan then set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, nutmeg and allspice for about 20 seconds.
- Add the cut butter pieces and rub them into the mixture using your fingertips until it looks like fine crumbs.
- Stir in 1 C sugar.
- Peel apples, slice in half, core and stem, lay apples on flat side, slice downward into pieces less than 1/4 inch thick.
- Dice the apple pieces into smaller chunks ( about 2 or 3 chunks per slice).
- Add the diced apples to the flour mixture.
- Toss well to evenly coat, work to separate any apples that have stuck together.
- In another bowl, whisk the milk, eggs and vanilla together until they are well combined.
- Pour the milk mixture over the apple and flour mixture.
- Wash your hands next then just toss until combined. Your batter will be slightly lumpy but that is okay …..just don’t over mix.
- Pour your batter into the prepared baking dish, spreading into an even layer.
- In a small bowl stir rest of sugar plus 1/2 tsp cinnamon to sprinkle evenly over the cake.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven 45-50 minutes until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Now cool the cake for about 5 minutes on a wire rack.
- Remove the ring from the springform pan allowing the cake to cool to your desired temperature.