Raw Apple Cake with Apple Brandy and Raisins
This is an amazingly good and easy cake to make, perfect with coffee and friends.
Calories per serving: 319kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cup (250 g) Apples chopped
- 2 tablespoon (2 tablespoon) Raisins
- 2 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) Apple Brandy , or 1 teaspoon Brandy extract
- 1 (1) Egg
- 3/4 cup (150 g) Sugar
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Baking soda
- 1 cup (125 g) *Flour
- 1/4 cup (56 g) Oil
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) Mace
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) freshly grated Nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) Cardamom
Icing
- 1 cup (120 g) Powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Milk
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) Vanilla
Instructions
- The batter will be really thick. Mise en place.
- Preheat at 325 glass 350 metal 40 minutes.
- Grease a cake pan, line with parchment paper, and grease that as well. Preheat the oven to 325 for glass and 350 for metal. You could use either round or square.
- Put the raisins in a small bowl with the brandy or extract and set aside. Set one apple aside, core it and slice it. Put the slices in the bottom of the cake pan.
- Core the remaining apples and cut into small pieces, about 1/4 inch thick and 1/2 inch square.
- You may peel them if you want, but it is not required. Add the raisin mixture to the apples, stir and set aside.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and cardamom. Set aside.
- Beat together eggs and sugar until the eggs mixture is light and smooth.
- Beat until a ribbon forms[
- Add the vanilla and beat.
- Add the oil and beat again.
- Slowly add the flour mixture, beating and scraping the sides of the bowl.
- Ready to add apples
- Add the apple and raisin mixture by hand and mix together.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan being careful not to disturb the slices on the bottom.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let rest for about 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely.
- To make the icing, mix the butter and powdered sugar together, then add the vanilla and milk, If the icing is too thin, add more sugar, if too thick, add more milk.
- You may put the icing on the cake if desired, but it is sweet enough without.
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