Description
Traditional Irish apple cake with a tender, spiced crumb, layered with thin apple slices and topped with a buttery oat crumble. Served with a creamy homemade custard sauce for a cozy, comforting dessert.
Ingredients
For the Crumble Topping: cold unsalted butter, cubed; all-purpose flour; old-fashioned rolled oats; granulated sugar; salt
For the Cake: all-purpose flour; baking powder; ground cinnamon; salt; unsalted butter, softened; granulated sugar; eggs; vanilla extract; milk; Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced
For the Custard Sauce: egg yolks; granulated sugar; whole milk; vanilla extract
Instructions
- Prepare the crumble topping by combining flour, oats, sugar, and salt. Cut in cold butter until coarse crumbs form. Chill in the fridge.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt for the cake.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in eggs one at a time.
- Stir in vanilla and milk, then gently fold in the dry ingredients.
- Pour batter into greased springform pan, layer apple slices evenly on top.
- Scatter chilled crumble topping over apples.
- Bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While cake cools, whisk egg yolks and sugar; slowly whisk in warm milk.
- Cook custard over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Serve custard warm alongside cake.
Notes
- Keep butter cold for crumble topping to maintain texture.
- Use firm, tart apples like Granny Smith for best results.
- Let flavors meld by making the cake ahead if desired.
- Custard sauce can be swapped with caramel or vanilla glaze for variation.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cake
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Irish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
