Irish Apple Cake with Walnuts
Irish Apple Cake is the perfect streusel-like cake that has a good bite of apples inside of it. This easy apple cake only takes minutes to prepare its batter and less than an hour to bake.
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When it comes to this cake, it brings back great memories from when I was a child. My neighbor in Virginia Beach would always make this cake and bring it to us around this time of year.
So I decided to give the recipe a go and thankfully it taste just like the one that my neighbor would bring. However, I decided to add a little bit of a twist to the recipe to include the ingredients that I always wanted to taste when I took a bite.
First I added walnuts to give a little more texture to each bite. Plus, who doesn’t love walnuts and apples? Next, I went with Autumn Glory Apples in lieu of green apples. And lastly, I decided not to include the custard icing in my recipe. It is delicious, but for me it just makes the cake too sweet. I have a recipe for it below if you feel the need to have it.
What does Irish Apple Cake Taste like?
This cake is a bit like a strudel, and it’s really dense. I love eating it with tea or coffee, or as a snack. In a way it taste like the cake version of my Apple Fritter Muffins.
What ingredients do you need to make Irish Apple Cake with Walnuts?
- Autumn Glory Apples
- Butter
- Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Milk
- Baking Powder
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Salt
- Walnuts
One thing to remember when making this recipe is that the batter is supposed to be dough-like. Be sure to not over mix it.
Ingredients
- 4 Autumn Glory Apples
- 3 c Baking Flour
- 3/4 c Butter Chilled and Cubed
- 1/2 c Sugar
- 1/4 c Brown Sugar
- 3/4 c Milk
- 2 Eggs
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 2.5 tsp
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 c chopped walnuts
Topping
- 1 tbs sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinammon
Instructions
- Grease and flour an 8″ or 9″ round springform pan, then sit to the side.
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Whisk milk, eggs, and vanilla together, then sit to the side.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
- Add diced butter to the bowl and mix with hands. Pinch butter pieces until they are pea size.
- Stir in sugar and brown sugar.
- Stir in apples and walnuts.
- Pour in your liquid mixture and combine until there is no more dry ingredients.
- Mixture will be dough-like, this is ok.
- Pour mixture into your prepared cake pan.
- Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes. The middle should be completely cooked and pass the toothpick test.
Ingredients
- 4 Egg Yolks
- 1/2 c Sugar
- 1 1/2 c Whole Milk
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until completely mixed. Sit to the side.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add milk.
- Heat the milk until it is scolding. Do not let it boil.
- While whisking the eggs mixture constantly, slowly pour in milk.
- Pour mixture back into the saucepan and simmer for 3 minutes. Stir continuously.
- Pour over your Irish Apple Cake.
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