Irish Apple Cake with Custard Sauce

This traditional Irish recipe is reminiscent of a time in Ireland when the apple harvest meant it was time for each farmhouse to bake their own unique and prized version.

Recipe

Irish Apple Cake

Total Time: 55 Minutes | Active Time: 15 Minutes | Serves Eight

• 3 C Flour
• 2 t Baking Powder
• ⅛ t Salt
• ¼ t Cloves, ground
• ¼ t Nutmeg, ground
• 6 oz Butter
• ¾ C Sugar, plus 2 T for sprinkling on top of cake
• 3 large green apples
• 2 Eggs
• ¾ C Milk

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Grease and flour a round springform pan. 
3. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cloves and nutmeg into a large mixing bowl. 
4. Mix the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
5. Add the ¾ C. sugar to the flour mixture and mix in.
6. Peel and slice the apples into uniform pieces. 
7. Toss the apples into the flour mixture and combine them thoroughly.
8. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and milk together then add to the flour mixture with a large spatula until just combined. Batter should be thick and dough-like.
9. Transfer the dough into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top surface using the back of your spatula then sprinkle the sugar over the top of the cake.
10. Bake for 45-50 minutes until the top of the cake is golden brown. Stick in a toothpick to make sure no * left.
11. Serve with custard sauce.

Custard Sauce

Cook Time: 15 Minutes | Active Time: 15 Minutes | Serves Eight

Ingredients:

• 6 large Egg Yolks
• 6 T Sugar
• 1½ C Whole Milk
• 1½ t Vanilla

*This sauce should have a pour-able, just thickened consistency when done.

Directions:

1. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar until pale yellow, 2-3 minutes.
2. Bring the milk to just to a boil in a medium saucepan.
3. Remove from heat then slowly whisk the hot milk into the egg/sugar mixture.
4. Transfer the mixture back to the saucepan and stir over medium heat until custard thickens just enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 4 minutes.
5. Mix in the vanilla. 
6. Refrigerate until thick.
7. Serve cold over apple cake.

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