Irish Apple Cake with Custard Sauce
A must try fall recipe! Tender cake is dotted with juicy apples and finished with a rich and creamy vanilla custard sauce.
Equipment
- 1 Pressure cooker For cooking the cake
- 1 9-inch round cake pan
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 3 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Ground ginger, nutmeg & allspice ¼ teaspoon of each
- ¾ cup Unsalted butter cold, diced small
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoon Granulated sugar divided
- 1 ½ lbs Granny Smith apples around 5 medium
- ¾ cup Milk
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups Whole milk for custard sauce
- 1 pinch Salt for custard sauce
- 6 large Egg yolks for custard sauce
- ½ cup Granulated sugar for custard sauce
- 1 ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract for custard sauce
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice in a large bowl.
- Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1 cup sugar.
- In a separate bowl, beat eggs, then add milk and vanilla. Pour into the flour mixture and stir gently.
- Fold in sliced apples. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan and pour batter in. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar on top.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- For the custard sauce, heat whole milk and salt gently. Whisk egg yolks and sugar until smooth. Slowly pour warm milk into yolk mixture, then return to saucepan and whisk until thickened.
- Serve cake slices with warm custard drizzled over.
Notes
Serve individual slices with warm custard drizzled over for a perfect finish. Store leftovers as directed for best quality.