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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Roasted Apples, preheat oven to 375 and butter a large casserole dish. Cut the apple quarters into 2 - 3 wedges each and place them in the dish. Sprinkle with the lemon juice and sugar and dot with butter. Bake, turning frequently 15 - 20 minutes or until apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from oven, drain juices off and cool. Keep oven on to maintain temperature. | 2. For the Cake, butter a springform pan (9 - 10 ") and sprinkle the bottom with almonds. | 3. In a separate bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside. | 4. In another bowl, cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth. | 5. With a wooden spoon, fold in dry ingredients, vanilla, sour cream (or creme fraiche - see below) and cider. | 6. To arrange the Cake, starting in the centre, decoratively arrange half the apples in prepared pan. Roughly chop remaning apples and stir into cake batter. Pour batter into pan and bake 70 - 80 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove cake and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Release sides of pan, invert to a cake plate and remove the base. | 7. Toffee Sauce; In a medium saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil. stir in lemon juice. Cook 10 - 15 minutes or until it starts turning a light caramel colour. Remove from heat and slowly whisk in the cream. | 8. To Serve, cut cake into slices and drizzle with the toffee sauce. | 9. NOTE: To make Creme Fraiche in advance of this recipe, combine 1 cup heavy whipping cream with 1 Tbsp buttermilk in a glass jar. Stir to blend, cover and let stand at room temperature for 12 - 24 hours or until thickened. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
granny smith apple	8		peeled cored quartered	955.84	224.2928	7.2512	3.1312
lemon	2			2.5617	0.8233	0.0972	0.0265
sugar	2/3	cup		537.32	134.3973	0.0	0.0
butter	4	tablespoons	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
almond	1/2	cup	slivered	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
flour	1 1/2	cups		867.42	189.9081	14.1015	3.3654
cinnamon	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
baking soda	1	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
sugar	1	cup		537.32	134.3973	0.0	0.0
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
cream	1/2	cup	sour	227.7	5.3245	2.806	22.2525
apple cider	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
water	3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	3/4	cup		537.32	134.3973	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
heavy whipping cream	3/4	cup		306.0	2.4659999999999997	2.556	32.472

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.