How to make the ULTIMATE, authentic Dutch apple cake
There is simply nothing more like the taste of home than a slice of apple cake. Or apple pie. Or apple tart/ crisp / buckle/ flan/ crumble or cobbler if you will!
The godfather of all apple cakes to my mind finds home in the Netherlands.
Dutch Apple Pie is actually much more like a cake. It is a seriously deep filled apple confection, marked by blending the apples with an aromatic and sweet spice blend (Speculaaskruiden) and encasing them in a rich buttery crust which falls between pastry and cake.
Find the recipe below!
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What you will need:
FOR THE CRUST
340g unsalted soft butter
250g soft brown (light or dark) sugar
2 large eggs ( beaten)
1 teaspoon vanilla paste ( or 2 teaspoons of extract)
550g plain flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
APPLE FILLING
10 apples - 3 soft apples (Pink Lady/ Cox/ Golden Delicious) ) and 7 crisp apples ( such as Gala/Jazz/ Braeburn)
100g soft brown sugar
2/ 3 tsps of Speculaaskruiden (Dutch Spice Mix - see below for blend)
Zest half lemon
Zest half an orange
Juice from half a lemon
100g finely chopped walnuts (optional)
1 tablespoon corn flour
Egg wash and chopped walnuts. Sprinkle of brown sugar to glaze the top
DUTCH SPICE BLEND
Combine the spices well and store in an airtight jar
4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp grated nutmeg
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground cardamom
¼ tsp white pepper
¼ tsp ground coriander
¼ tso ground anise seeds
KIT NEEDED
Cake Mixer with Paddle attachment
Saucepan
9 inch spring release baking pan
Rolling Pin
Baking paper