🇮🇪 Irish Cuisine

Irish Apple Cake

Prep Time 20 min

Servings 8

Difficulty Easy

Calories 343 kcal

A rustic, cinnamon-scented butter cake bursting with chunks of tart Bramley apples, finished with a crunchy demerara sugar crust.

Ingredients

1 Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and line a 9-inch springform tin.
2 Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
3 Fold in flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg alternately with milk.
4 Toss apple chunks in a little flour, fold into the batter.
5 Pour into tin, arrange a few apple slices on top, scatter demerara sugar.
6 Bake 45-50 min until golden and a skewer comes out clean. Serve warm with softly whipped cream.

Did You Know?

Every Irish grandmother has her own apple cake recipe, and each insists hers is the best — the debate is older than the recipe itself.