What a wet day we had in London yesterday! Drama! To avoid any melancholic feelings that the rain was portending, I baked a yummy apple cake. The recipe comes from Tracy’s blog Pink Purl. When I saw the nice photo, short list of ingredients and easy to follow instructions, I decided to bake her Norwegian apple cake immediately. I have changed the proportions a bit and substituted half of the flour with finely grained almonds but you can view the original recipe here: The Comfort of Apples.
Apple Cake from Pink Purl
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You will need:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup grained almonds
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp baking powder
3 apples, peeled and sliced
Topping:
1 tablespoons sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
a small handful of sliced or chopped almonds
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 200 ℃. Line a round cake tin with baking paper and butter the sides. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Sieve and add the flour, grained almonds and baking powder. Then add the egg and mixing well. Pour the mixture into the cake tin. Arrange the apple slices on top of the cake butter. Sprinkle everything with the topping mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool the cake and serve with vanilla ice cream or icing sugar on top.
Enjoy this lovely autumn apple cake!
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Wows, I know I have to try this!
Please do – it’s easy, quick and yummy
Beautiful!! And your presentation is even better than mine!
) The light in my kitchen is no good for photos–LOL! I like your substitution/addition of the ground almonds…the texture/flavor almost a little like marzipan. …mmm…
stunning – simply stunning!
Thank you Tracy
I am so happy with this recipe – the cake was an absolute hit 
xxx
This sounds delicious! I have tons of apples from a trip to an apple orchard that I need to use quick!
Looks wonderful – I love the consistency and those almonds on top.
Easy and delicious – my kind of recipe. It looks really tasty.
that cake looks so delicious..and the recipe seems simple enough for me to try
Thank you all for your lovely comments – enjoy cake baking, apples and autumn! xxx
What a beautiful (and very seasonal) piece of cake. Got any left over for me???? Have a fab weekend!
this one is gone but will bake one for your if you wish so
xxxx I’m off to Bath this w-end !!!!
i love this cake and especially after you substituted with almonds. I think the combo of apples and almonds is the best!
it really works well
I am very happy with this recipe! xx
This my family’s treasured apple cake recipe from my grandma:
http://michaelbeyer.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/grandmas-slab-apple-cake/