Yabluchnyk (Apple Cake)
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4.9
Yabluchnyk (Apple Cake)
Description
Yabluchnyk (Apple Cake) starts with a soft dough made from flour, sugar, butter, cream, and an egg, combined to create a tender base. This dough is pressed into a baking pan before being topped with thin, evenly sliced apples arranged in overlapping rows to create an attractive layered effect. A streusel topping made by mixing brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, and butter is crumbled over the apples to add texture and sweet spice.
Baking at 190°C until the topping browns and apples soften results in a cake with a tender cake base, moist baked apples, and a crumbly, fragrant topping. The cake is gently sweet with warm cinnamon highlights bringing complexity to the overall flavor. The use of cream enriches the dough, contributing to its softness.
After cooling, this apple cake can be served plain or with accompaniments such as cream or custard. The layered apple slices provide a pleasing visual presentation that emphasizes the fruit.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
For the cake
- 3-4 medium apple
- 7 oz all-purpose flour
- 1.5 oz sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4.4 oz butter
- 1 egg
- 2 ⅔ oz cream
For the streusel topping
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2.2 oz brown sugar
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cup flour
Instructions
How to make Yabluchnyk:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/ 375 °F. Line the bottom of a cake pan with parchment paper and lightly grease.
- Sift together 1½ cups (200g) of flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
- Cut in ½ cup (115 g) of butter until the mixture is crumbly.
- Stir together the egg and cream.
- Gently mix the cream into the flour mixture to form a soft dough.
- Press into the prepared baking dish.
- Cut the apples into thin slices. Create layers of overlapping apples in neat, uniform rows on the dough.
- For the streusel, mix together the brown sugar, 2 tbsp flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Crumble 2 tbsp of butter into the mixture. Sprinkle the crumble over the apples.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the apples have softened and the topping has browned (approx. 25 minutes).
- Cool the apple cake and serve.
Notes
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