Sul Sul, gerbits. Today is Saint Patty’s day and because of that I wanted to find and share with you an Irish Apple cake recipe.
I will provide you with some history about Irish apple cakes. They were first steamed in pots besides an open fire. One of the main apples that you can see in Ireland is the crab apple. And Crab apples play an important part in Ireland and Celtic mythology.
Crab apples are very important to the legend of Avalon. One of the sacred places where Arthur went to recover from his wounds at the Battle of Camlann, is called the Isle of the Apple Trees.
Hearing the history of this dish, it makes sense why the apple flavor is not extremely prominent. Because they would have been using crab apples, not the large apples that we know so well.
Okay, know that you know the history of this recipe. Let’s begin.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. And line a 10-inch cast iron skillet with parchment paper and set it aside.
The recipe will be in the description down below.
You will need:
- flour
- baking powder
- butter
- white sugar
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- 1 egg
- milk
- vanilla.
- About 1 cup of apples, which makes sense because crab apples are relatively small.
- You will also need a little more sugar, cloves and cinnamon.
Add the flour and baking powder to a medium bowl. Cut 8 tablespoons of butter into the flour with a pastry cutter or your fingers until the mixture has the texture of coarse crumbs. Add sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the flour and butter mixture. Whisk sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg into the flour and butter mixture.
Make a well in the middle of the bowl and add the milk, egg, and vanilla. Almost like a scone dough. Mix until soft dough forms.
Put dough into the parchment-lined skillet . Lay thinly sliced apples on the dough. Sprinkle over the apples a teaspoon of sugar and a few dashes of each cinnamon and cloves.
The skillet should be placed on the middle shelf of your oven.
You will need to bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
The recipe states that you can broil it for 2-3 minutes if you want.
Let the cake cool slightly. Cut it into wedges and dust it with powdered sugar, if you like.
This was another simple apple recipe, and I was fascinated with how apple cakes vary across countries. Most of the ingredients are the same, but the procedure is different, so the outcome is different. I hope you enjoyed this recipe. Check out the recipe down below. Vadish, Dag Dag.
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