Stefans Apple Cake
A decadent apple cake/pie with gooey filling and crunchy cover.
This is a lovely apple cake/pie that has a thin crispy coating and a gooey filling. The pie crust you spread on top of the apples will partly harden on the surface, but some will melt down and mix with the apples underneath to create a deliciously sweet and sticky filling.
I have no idea about the origin of this recipe, but I know that my good friend Stefan made this for many years and I have always appreciated it. So now that fall is here and the apple trees in the area are full of fruit to pick, I asked for the recipe and got a picture of an old, well used piece of paper and decided to post the recipe here. So from my point of view this is simply Stefan's Apple Cake. I think Stefan usually cuts the apples into thinner pieces and alternates them with cinnamon instead of my variation of tossing the pieces around in flour/sugar/cinnamon, but I think he can accept my small modification.
The original recipe also said 150°C, but Stefan said he ran 175°C instead, so I use that too. Could it possibly be that the original recipe assumed a convection oven was used? If the apples are cooked (test with a stick) but the cover still hasn't turned to a darker colour, you can simply raise the temperature in the oven slightly in the last few minutes. All ovens are different so small adjustments may be needed for your particular oven.
I think this cake is best when it has been allowed to cool for a while. If it is allowed to stand for 30 minutes at room temperature, it will be fine, but I think it is best the next day. So it's perfectly fine to let it cool completely to room temperature and then store in the fridge overnight and then reheat in the oven at a low temperature (100°C, ~30 min). Of course, it is also fine to heat up smaller portions of the cake in the microwave for a few minutes.
I don't peel the apples sometimes - especially if they are apples I picked myself. Stefan always peels the apples, which might be a slightly more pleasant experience in general.
Serve with vanilla ice cream or similar. I tried with homemade custard, which was very good, but also a bit too sticky. The apple cake itself is already sticky, so it would be better with some kind of contrast in hard and icy ice cream instead. You shouldn't expect a beautiful arrangement either. :)
Ingredients
Directions
- Clean, peel, core and cut the apples into smaller pieces.
- Mix 1 tablespoon of flour, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and then turn the apple pieces around in this mix so that they are completely covered.
- Place the apple pieces in a pie tin or equivalent ovenproof dish.
- Start the oven at 175'C.
- Melt the butter at a very low temperature in a small saucepan.
- Mix in the other ingredients and stir until you have a smooth batter.
- Spread the pie crust on top of the apples.
- Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until the cake has a little color, the cover has hardened and the apples are cooked (test with a small skewer if unsure).
- Let the cake cool and then serve with vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition Facts*
| Total | Serving | 100 g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 3004.28 kcal | 500.71 kcal | 190 kcal |
| Carbohydrates | 519.42 g | 86.57 g | 32.85 g |
| Fat | 93.13 g | 15.52 g | 5.89 g |
| Protein | 24.67 g | 4.11 g | 1.56 g |
| Sugar | 346.12 g | 57.69 g | 21.89 g |
| Salt | 4.43 g | 0.74 g | 0.28 g |
* The nutritional information provided is approximated and calculated using the ingredients available in the database. Info will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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Drygast
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