Dutch Apple Drop Cakes Recipes

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla until fluffy. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the sifted ingredients. Spread the batter into a greased 7 x 11 inch baking pan.
• Place apple pieces in rows on the batter with the sharp edges pressed in slightly. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 50 to 60 minutes, or until the apples are tender and the cake tests done.

BUNDT DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. In a medium bowl, combine the apples, 5 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
• Sift together the flour and baking powder; set aside. In a large bowl, mix together the eggs and sugar. Stir in the oil, vanilla and orange juice, mixing until blended. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the orange juice mixture. Stir just until combined.
• Layer batter and apple mixture in the prepared pan, beginning and ending with the batter. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• This cake has been made at Ballymaloe for years. We even have guests who ask for it specifically every time they visit. The fruit sinks to the bottom as it cooks, leaving a light sponge on top with a lovely sugary crust.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line the sides and base of a 8 by 8-inch square cake pan with parchment paper.
• Using an electric whisk or hand held mixer, whisk the eggs, 6 ounces caster 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, and then pour the mixture onto the eggs, whisking continuously. 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 pan, and smooth the surface.
• Peel and core the apples, and cut them into thin slices, and then arrange them over the batter. They will sink to the bottom. This is meant to happen! Sprinkle the cake with the remaining 1/2 ounce sugar, and bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F, and bake until well risen and golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Allow the cake to cool in the tin, cut into squares and serve warm. It is delicious with cream!

DELICIOUS DUTCH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9 x 12 OR a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil and the orange juice; beat well.
• Combine the flour and baking powder in a small bowl.
• Add to the egg/oil mixture slowly; kneading in the flour to make a soft dough (you might use less than 3-1/2 cups of flour).
• Divide the dough in half.
• Transfer to a lightly floured surface.
• Roll out into a 9x12 rectangle, and place in the bottom of the baking pan (if using a 13x9in pan, roll out the dough to one more inch).
• Top with sliced apples (which have been tossed with 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon).
• Roll out the remaining dough, and cover the apples with the dough.
• Sprinkle the dough with 2 Tbsp sugar (or more if desired).
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until lightly browned-- delicious.

DUTCH APPLE CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Place apples in a greased 13-by-9-by-2-inch dish sprinkled with 1/4 cup brown sugar and cinnamon.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and remaining brown sugar.
• Add eggs and stir in flour and 1/2 cup walnut.
• Spread over apples.
• Sprinkle with remaining walnuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Serve warm, with ice cream if desired.