ÆBLEKAGE - DANISH APPLE CAKE

Æblekage - Danish Apple Cake image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 18

Makes One 6? Cake
Æblekage can be made any number of ways, but this recipe is super special because Anne A., one of our Danish readers, found it in her mother's recipe box. We did a little tweaking and, voila... Global Table's Aeblekage, a little like Anne's ma
The texture is on the muffin-side of things; you'll love it with coffee or tea.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups flour
1 small apple, halved and sliced thinly
1 small apple, diced
Topping:
1/8-1/4 cup brown sugar
1/8-1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Dots of butter
Use a 6? cake pan

Steps:

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Meanwhile, cream butter with brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add in the eggs, one a time.
Next up, vanilla extract
Mix until well incorporated ... be sure to scrape the sides.
Ready the apples/ Slice ONE apple thinly and dice the other apple.
Mix the diced apples into the stiff batter (this photo doesn't show apples because this version didn't include them in the batter.. but go for it - the cake needs the extra moisture)
Top with the other, thinly sliced apple (spread out like a fan).
In a small bowl, mix together chopped walnuts and brown sugar. (II'd use 1/2 light brown sugar and 1/2 white sugar). (could us a little more topping)
Next, drop in the dry ingredients, starting with flour,cinnamon, and baking powder. Sprinkle over the top of the cake and dot with BUTTER
Bake for 40-45 minutes (if you added the second apple, try about an hour) or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and your whole house smells like heaven. Or a bakery. But I'm not sure there's a difference...