Swedish Apple Cake (adaptable)
Ingredients
Topping:
- 1 large apple (thinly sliced)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Cake:
- 150g (½ cup + 3 tbsp) butter
- 100g (½ cup) brown sugar
- 3 eggs (medium)
- 150g (1¼ cups) flour (see note 1)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar (see note 2)
- sprinkling of pearl sugar (optional)
Instructions
Topping:
- Pre-heat the oven to 175ºC (350ºF).
- Grease a rectangle or square springform pan (I used a 28cm x 20cm pan / 11" x 7¾"). Size doesn't matter too much, but you will need to adjust the baking time accordingly).
- Cut the apples into thin slices and add to a bowl along with the brown sugar and cinnamon. I use tonnes of cinnamon so feel free to reduce the amount stated here. Stir until well combined then put to one side.
Cake:
- Beat the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar then add to the wet ingredients and stir in.
- Add the milk and continue to mix until everything is evenly dispersed (the batter will be thick).
- Pour into the greased pan and spread the batter out towards the corners.
- Place the prepared apples in a pretty pattern on top. Sprinkle with pearl sugar.
- Bake for around 30-35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and serve warm or allow to cool completely. Enjoy!
Notes
- I used a ready blended gluten free flour mix. I wouldn't recommend using something like almond or coconut flour by itself as a replacement. You can substitute the gluten flour for regular or spelt flour. Naturally, the texture of the cake may vary slightly depending on the flour used.
- If you don't have access to vanilla sugar, just replace with the same amount of vanilla extract (and add in at the same time as the eggs).