Ingredients
The following ingredients have 9 Servings
- Cake:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold, cubed
- 3/4 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons (for sprinkling on top of cake)
- 4 large granny smith apples, peeled and sliced thickly
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- Custard sauce:
- 6 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 375º F and lightly grease and flour a springform pan.
- In a medium bowl, beat together eggs and milk until fully combined.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- Using a pastry cutter or your hands, cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles pebbles, then mix in sugar and fold in apples until evenly incorporated.
- Pour beaten eggs and milk into apple mixture, mixing until a thick, dough-like batter begins to come together.
- Once wet ingredients have been completely folded into dry mixture, transfer dough to prepared springform pan and spread into an even layer, then sprinkle with 1-2 tablespoons sugar.
- Place cake pan in oven and bake for 45-55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and top of cake is golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.
- For the sauce: whisk egg yolks and sugar together in a medium bowl until light yellow and ribbony. 2-3 minutes.
- Pour milk into a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and scald until almost boiling, when bubbles just start to appear on outer edge of milk.
- Remove milk from heat and, while whisking continuously, pour into egg mixture until smooth, then return all of mixture to saucepan.
- Over medium heat, cook custard for 3-5 minutes, or until it thickens slightly and coats the back of spoon.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract, then transfer to serving container.
- When ready to serve, cut cake into slices, top with custard and enjoy!
