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Irish Apple Cake With Custard
INGREDIENTS

For the cake: 3 cups of flour; 2 teaspoons of baking
powder; 1 teaspoon of salt; 1/4 teaspoon of cloves, ground;
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground; 6 ounces of butter, (cold
is fine); 3/4 cups of sugar; 4 large Granny Smith apples (or
golden delicious); 2 eggs; 3/4 cup of milk; 2 tablespoons of
sugar (for sprinkling on top of cake)
For the custard sauce: 6 large egg yolks; 6 tablespoons
of sugar; 1 1/2 cup of whole milk; 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
DIRECTIONS

For the cake: 1. Grease and flour an 8-inch or 9-inch round
springform pan. Using an 8-inch pan will give you a taller
cake. 2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 3. Sift the flour,
baking powder, salt, cloves and nutmeg into a large mixing
bowl. Make sure the bowl is large enough for the apples
to be folded in. 4. Cut the butter into the flour using your
fingers or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles fine
crumbs. 5. Add the 3/4 cup of sugar to the flour mixture
and mix in. 6. Peel the apples and slice them into uniform
pieces. This cake works best and gets that " chunky apple
look " if the slices are about 1/4-inch wide and then cut into
3 pieces. 7. Toss apples into the flour mixture and combine
them thoroughly. 8. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and milk
together. Add to apples and flour and mix in with a large
spatula until just combined. Batter will be thick and doughlike. 9. Transfer the dough into the prepared cake pan and
flatten the top surface using the back of your spatula. 10.
Sprinkle the sugar over the top of the cake. 11. Bake for 4550 minutes. Test the center for doneness. The top of the cake
should be golden brown. Serve slices with custard sauce.
For the custard sauce: 1. Place egg yolks and sugar
in a bowl and whisk until pale yellow, 2-3 minutes. Place
milk in a medium saucepan and bring just to a boil. Slowly
whisk the hot milk into the egg/sugar mixture. Transfer the
mixture back to the saucepan and stir over medium heat
until custard thickens, about 4 minutes. Custard should be
thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Mix in the vanilla.
Transfer to bowl or serving saucer. 2. Serve warm or cold
over apple cake. Source: thekitchenmccabe.com.com
* Note that this sauce is not a thick, pudding-like sauce.
It should have a pourable, just thickened consistency.

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