Best Irish Apple Cake Recipes

ULTIMATE IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Generously grease an 8-inch square cake pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Add the egg, apples, nuts, and vanilla and stir well.
• Sift in the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake about 45 minutes, until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let the cake set in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pan.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine the flour, oats, granulated sugar and salt. Next, rub in the cold butter until fully incorporated and you've reached the texture of coarse breadcrumbs. Set aside in the fridge while you make the cake.
• Make the cake: Cream the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, then beat in the eggs one at a time. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a rubber spatula along with the milk. Once the batter has formed, transfer it to the prepared pan and lay on the sliced apples, making sure they are arranged in one even layer. Cover the apples with all the streusel topping.
• Bake the cake until the top is golden brown and crisp, 60 to 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before turning out of the pan onto a rack. When ready to serve, dust the cake with confectioners' sugar.

TRADITIONAL IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter an 8-1/2x11-inch lasagna dish or roasting pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar together in another bowl using an electric mixer until light and soft. Beat in 1 egg then 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture. Repeat twice more. Fold in two-thirds of the remaining flour. Stir in milk; fold in the rest of the flour.
• Spread 1/2 the batter into the bottom of the prepared dish. Distribute apple slices on top and cover with remaining batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees (163 degrees C). Continue baking until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 30 minutes more.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x9-inch baking pan.
• Mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat in egg yolks, butter, and lemon zest until dough is thoroughly mixed.
• Mix applesauce, cinnamon, and cloves together in a small bowl.
• Press half the dough into the prepared baking pan; spread applesauce mixture over dough in a layer. Top with remaining dough.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake is browned, 40 to 45 minutes.

COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Grease a 20cm round cake tin.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and the sugar.
• Cut in the butter roughly with a knife (do not rub it in).
• Add the apples.
• Stir in the egg and milk to make a fairly stiff mixture. The batter will appear fairly lumpy.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
• Bake for about 1 hour.
• Serve hot with custard or ice-cream.
• This cake can be cooked ahead and reheated in the microwave as needed.

IRISH APPLE CRUMBLE CAKE RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 360°F, grease and line a 8-inch cake tin with a removable base. With an electric hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until they are incorporated. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until you have a thick cake batter. Stir in the apple slices and pour the batter into the cake tin. The batter will be thick, so use a spatula to spread across the base of the tin. Using a hand blender with a food processor attachment, blend the ingredients for the crumble topping until you get left with rough crumbs. You can also do this by hand in a bowl using your fingertips to combine the ingredients together. Sprinkle the crumble topping on top of the batter. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

IRISH APPLE CRUMBLE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, grease and line a 20cm cake tin with a removable base.
• 2. With an electric hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until they are incorporated.
• 3. Fold through the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon until you have a thick cake batter.
• 4. Stir through the apple and pour the batter into the cake tin. The batter will be thick, so use a spatula to spread across the base of the tin.
• 5. Using a hand blender with a food processor attachment, blitz the ingredients for the crumble topping until you get left with rough crumbs.
• 6. You can also do this by hand in a bowl using your fingertips to combine the ingredients together.
• 7. Sprinkle the crumble topping on top of the batter.
• 8. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 9. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

IRISH APPLE CAKE WITH CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter and flour an 8- inch or 9-inch cake pan; set aside.
• 2. FOR THE IRISH APPLE CAKE: In a very large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, ginger and nutmeg for 20 seconds. Rub the butter pieces into the flour mixture until it resembles fine crumbs. Stir in 1 cup sugar.
• 3. Cut each apple into wedges about 1/4-inch thick, then cut each apple wedge into 3 pieces. Add apple pieces to the flour mixture and toss well, and separate apple pieces that stick together.
• 4. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together milk, eggs and vanilla until blended. Pour milk mixture over apple/flour mixture, and toss just until blended (the batter should be thick and it's OK if it's slightly lumpy, but avoid over-mixing).
• 5. Pour batter into prepared baking pan, using a spatula to spread it in an even layer. In a small bowl stir together cinnamon with remaining 2 Tbsp sugar, and sprinkle evenly over batter. Bake in preheated oven 45 to 50 minutes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool 5 minutes in the pan, then invert onto serving platter. Serve (warm or cooled) with sweet cream or custard sauce poured over each slice.
• 6. FOR THE CUSTARD SAUCE: Heat milk in a saucepan over medium heat, and bring just to a light boil (watch it carefully, remove it from the heat if it starts to boil rapidly).
• 7. Meanwhile, add egg yolks and sugar to a medium mixing bowl and beat with electric mixer for about 30 seconds or until pale and fluffy. Reduce heat to medium-low. Slowly pour the egg yolk mixture, whisking it frequently, into 1/2 cup of the hot milk mixture. Then, while whisking milk in saucepan slowly pour egg yolk mixture into saucepan. Cook the custard mixture, whisking constantly, until thickened but still thin enough to pour, about 3 to 4 minutes (over-heating can cause the eggs to curdle). Immediately pour into a glass measuring cup, stir in vanilla, and whisk about 20 seconds to cool slightly, then cover with plastic wrap pressing against surface to prevent a skin from forming. Serve warm or cooled, drizzled over the cooled Irish Apple Cake. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Make the custard sauce ahead of time. Bring the milk to a simmer over medium heat. Meanwhile whisk the yolks and sugar until pale. Drizzle a little of the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking all the time. Drizzle a little more, then transfer that back into the pan of hot milk and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Don't overcook or it can curdle. Stir in the vanilla. Refrigerate the custard sauce until needed.
• To make the streusel topping, blend the bits of butter into the flour, sugar, and oats until the butter is incorporated and the mixture has a coarse crumbly texture. Put in the refrigerator.
• To make the cake, grease a 9 inch round spring form pan.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the butter/sugar mixture, along with the milk or cream.
• Spoon the batter in to the pan, and smooth out evenly. Top with the sliced apples, and then the streusel topping.
• Bake for about 50 minutes to an hour, until the top is lightly browned and a toothpick comes out without wet batter clinging to it.
• Let cool a bit in the pan before removing. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.

IRISH APPLE CAKE WITH CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE: Grease and flour an 8" or 9" round springform pan. Using an 8" pan will give you a taller cake. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cloves and nutmeg into a large mixing bowl. Make sure the bowl is very large to allow room for the apples to be folded in. Cut the butter into the flour using your fingers or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add the ¾ C. sugar to the flour mixture and mix in. Peel the apples and slice them into uniform pieces. This cake works best and gets that 'chunky apple look' if the slices are about ¼" wide and then cut into 3 pieces. Toss the apples into the flour mixture and combine them thoroughly. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and milk together. Add to the apples and flour and mix in with a large spatula until just combined. Batter will be thick and dough-like. Transfer the dough into the prepared cake pan and flatten the top surface using the back of your spatula. Sprinkle the sugar over the top of the cake. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Test the center for doneness. The top of the cake should be golden brown. Serve slices with custard sauce. FOR THE CUSTARD SAUCE: *note that this sauce is not a thick, pudding like sauce. It should have a pour-able, just thickened consistency when done. Place the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale yellow, 2-3 minutes. Place the milk in a medium saucepan and bring just to a boil. Slowly whisk the hot milk into the egg/sugar mixture. Transfer the mixture back to the saucepan and stir over medium heat until custard thickens, about 4 minutes. Custard should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Mix in the vanilla. Transfer to bowl or serving saucer. Serve warm or cold over apple cake.

IRISH APPLE CAKE WITH TOFFEE SAUCE

Steps:

• For the Roasted Apples, preheat oven to 375 and butter a large casserole dish. Cut the apple quarters into 2 - 3 wedges each and place them in the dish. Sprinkle with the lemon juice and sugar and dot with butter. Bake, turning frequently 15 - 20 minutes or until apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from oven, drain juices off and cool. Keep oven on to maintain temperature.
• For the Cake, butter a springform pan (9 - 10 ") and sprinkle the bottom with almonds.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl, cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.
• With a wooden spoon, fold in dry ingredients, vanilla, sour cream (or creme fraiche - see below) and cider.
• To arrange the Cake, starting in the centre, decoratively arrange half the apples in prepared pan. Roughly chop remaning apples and stir into cake batter. Pour batter into pan and bake 70 - 80 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove cake and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Release sides of pan, invert to a cake plate and remove the base.
• Toffee Sauce; In a medium saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil. stir in lemon juice. Cook 10 - 15 minutes or until it starts turning a light caramel colour. Remove from heat and slowly whisk in the cream.
• To Serve, cut cake into slices and drizzle with the toffee sauce.
• NOTE: To make Creme Fraiche in advance of this recipe, combine 1 cup heavy whipping cream with 1 Tbsp buttermilk in a glass jar. Stir to blend, cover and let stand at room temperature for 12 - 24 hours or until thickened.

ULTIMATE IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F
• 2. Generously grease an 8-inch square cake pan.
• 3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• 4. Add the egg, apples, nuts, and vanilla and stir well.
• 5. Sift in the dry ingredients and mix well.
• 6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake about 45 minutes, until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 7. Remove from oven and let the cake set in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pan.
• 8. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/Gas Mark 4). Butter a 10-inch pie pan.
• Mix the flour with the baking powder. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the texture resembles bread crumbs. Add the ½ cup sugar, beaten egg, and enough milk to form a soft dough. Pat out half of the dough in the greased pie pan (it is supposed to be very wet).
• Peel, core, and chop the apple into ¾-inch (2cm) cubes. Arrange the apples on the dough and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar and the cinnamon.
• Gently spoon out the remaining dough on top of the apples to cover them completely. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and cut a slit through the middle of the top dough.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until golden and crunchy on the outside (the apples should be soft on the inside).
• Serve with softly whipped cream.

IRISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. preheat oven to 325 F 2. generously grease an 8-inch square cake pan 3 in a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy 4. add the egg, apples, nuts, and vanilla and stir well. 5. sift in the dry ingredients and mix well 6. pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake about 45 minutes, until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean 7. remove from the oven and let the cake set in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove from the pan. 8. serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

IRISH APPLE TORTE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven for 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9x9 pan.
• Mix flour, sugar, salt, egg yolks, butter and lemon rind. Divide into two parts.
• Press have of the mixture into the pan.
• Mix applesauce, cinnamon and cloves. Spread on top of dough in pan.
• Sprinkle the rest of the dough over the applesauce.
• Bake 40-45 minutes.
• Top with whipped cream or lemon sauce.