Apple Custard Cake- the perfect cake for your next Sunday coffee

Ingredients

• 200 g flour
• 75 g butter
• 65 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 handful bread crumbs
• 1 kg apple if you can, use boskoop apples if you can as they are a bit tangy
• 750 ml apple juice
• 150 g sugar
• 2 packets of Vanilla custard powder
• 250 ml whipping cream
• 1 packed of vanilla sugar
• 1 generous pinch of cinnamon powder

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 175 °C and grease baking form

2. 2

   Add the flour into a mixing bowl.

3. 3

   Cut cold butter into small pieces and add to the flour.

4. 4

   Add sugar, baking soda, salt and the egg and knead to get a smooth ball.

5. 5

   Cover the dough and transfer to the fridge to let it rest for 30 min.

6. 6

   Transfer the dough to a lightly dusted workplace and roll out the dough using a rolling pin. Ensure to roll out the dough big enough to cover the base and the sides of your baking form.

7. 7

   Place the bread crumbs on top of the dough to prevent the cake from getting soggy

8. 8

   Peel and quarter the apples. Cut off small slices of it.

9. 9

   In the meantime, bring the apple juice to boil. Stir in the sugar and the vanilla custard powder.

10. 10

    Fold the apples carefully to the custard.

11. 11

    Pour the apple custard carefully on top of the dough and breadcrumbs in the baking form and bake for 1 hour at 175 °C.

12. 12

    Let the cake cool down completely.

13. 13

    Whip the cream with the vanilla sugar and cover the top of the cake with it and dust it with cinnamon.

14. 14

    Let the cake cool down for 2- 3hrs and enjoy!