Classic Dutch Apple Cake Recipes

CLASSIC DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375F.
• Grease and flour a 9 in. tart or pie pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, 2 T sugar and baking powder.
• With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in 1 1/2 T margarine.
• Add egg whites, milk and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Batter will be stiff.
• Spoon into prepared pan and spread batter to fit pan.
• Arrange apple slices, overlapping, in 2 concentric circles to cover batter.
• In a small bowl, combine 3 T sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apple slices.
• Dot with 1/2 T margarine.
• Bake 30 min.
• Cool 10 min before serving.

HOLLANDSCHE APPEL KOEK - DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and butter a 8-inch cake pan.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• Cut in butter.
• Beat egg, add milk and stir quickly into flour mixture.
• Place apples decoratively in the prepared cake pan, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon; spread dough over the top.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Loosen cake from sides and bottom and turn out onto a cake plate immediately.
• Serve with the dessert sauce of your choice; cinnamon, maple, butterscotch, brandy or lemon.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine dry cake mix, melted butter and eggs; blend well.
• Spread on bottom of 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• Spoon pie filling evenly over batter.
• In small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Cut in softened butter.
• Stir in nuts.
• Sprinkle over pie filling.
• Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Line the sides and base of a 8 x 8in square cake tin with parchment paper.
• Using an electric whisk, whisk the eggs, superfine sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl until the mixture is thick and mousse-like and the whisk leaves a figure of eight pattern (this will take about 5 minutes).
• Melt the butter in a saucepan with the milk, then pour onto the eggs, whisking all the time. Sift in the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and fold carefully into the batter so that there are no lumps of flour. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface.
• Arrange the apple slices over the batter. (They will sink to the bottom.) Sprinkle over a tablespoon of sugar and bake in the oven for ten minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350F and bake for a further 20-25 minutes or until well risen and golden brown.
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool in the tin. Cut into squares and serve warm with cream.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the apples, 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon; let stand for 1 hour. , In another bowl, cream butter and remaining sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and beat until smooth. , Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Push apple slices vertically into batter, placing them close together. , Bake at 300° for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.