Apple-Pie Cake (Martha Stewart)

 

I want to bake with apples. Apple pie seems a bit trouble as need to prepare the pastry. Apple cake seems not much different with ordinary cake that I used to bake. How about apple pie cake? What is that? This is the first thing I asked myself after seeing this recipe in Martha Stewart apple recipes collection. Actually it is a sort of pie with buttery pastry bake in cake tin. In between pastry there are some apples slices. Do you think it looks like a piece of cake too :D Pie or cake doesn’t matter as long as it tastes good^^
 

The pastry is easy to make. Just incorporate the butter with flour into breadcrumb and this will be the pie pastry! How hard could it be? I make this apple pie cake with half of the recipe into 7" round pan. Since green apples are used the filling it is a bit sour to my kids liking. They like the pastry and asking me to used red apples instead in future :D I enjoy this pie cake. For me everything goes well.  

 

I bake in the morning and serve in the afternoon. It is still crumbly and yummy. Do bake and serve. I would say it is best to serve on the same day.

Adapted and slightly modified from Martha Stewart
Ingredients:
(A)
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup packed light-brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
80g cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes

(B)
2 medium apples
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon corn flour

Methods:
1. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Put in butter and rub until the mixture forms pea-size pieces.

2. Press 2/3 of the mixture onto bottom and 1 inch up the side (I used 7' round pan and seems not quite cover the side :P).

3. Peel apples, cut into thin slices and place in a bowl. Toss apple slices with remaining teaspoon cinnamon, corn flour and lemon juice. Put them in the prepared pan. Pressing down gently as you pack them in.

4. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture on top.

5. Bake in pre-heated oven 180C for about 25 minutes or until golden brown on top. Run a knife around the edge of the pan, and let the cake cool in the pan to set. Serve at room temperature.

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