With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, we thought it would be a good idea to highlight a recipe for Irish apple cake. This traditional dessert is a fresh apple cake with layers of thinly-sliced tart apples nestled within a flavorful and moist cake.
Irish Apple Cinnamon Cake Recipe
In this tasty twist on the traditional recipe, tart apples cover a moist cinnamon cake, topped with a brown sugar streusel.
You will need:
Streusel Topping
- ½ cup salted butter, cold
- ¾ cup flour
- ¼ cup rolled oats
- ½ cup brown sugar
Irish Apple Cake
- 3 medium tart apples
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ½ cup salted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 3 tbsp. milk
- Dusting of powdered sugar
Directions:
Streusel
- Spray a 9 x2 inch round cake pan; set aside.
- Cut butter into small pieces.
- Combine the oats, flour, and brown sugar in a bowl; add the butter.
- Beat in mixer until crumbs form.
- Refrigerate while you prepare the cake layer.
Irish Cake Layer
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray a 9×2-inch round cake pan; set aside.
- Peel, core, and thinly slice the apples.
- Add to a bowl, covering it with plastic wrap.
- Whisk the baking powder, flour, cinnamon and salt in a bowl.
- Cream the butter, vanilla, and sugar in the bowl (without cleaning it) until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Add half the flour, beating on medium low.
- Next, add the milk and remaining flour.
- Spread the batter in the pan, placing the apples flatly on top.
- Cover the apples with streusel.
- Bake for 65 to 75 minutes.
- Cool the cake while still in the pan.
- Dust with powdered sugar and cut into slices for serving.
- Store the covered cake at room temperature for up to four days.
Visit the Bakery at Robinette’s Apple Haus & Winery
Don’t have the time or patience to make your own dessert? We have plenty of donuts and other baked goods for sale in our bakery. To learn more, call us at (800) 400-8100 today.
