Apple Cake Recipe
Easy French Coffee Cake

This easy French apple cake recipe is delicious warm from the oven, but would also be good for breakfast the next day. You can serve this French cake plain or add a dollop of whipped cream, crème fraîche or ice cream for extra enjoyment.

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Almond Flour

French Apple Cake

To add flavor, almond meal flour is used along with all purpose flour, but if you happen not to have this, do not worry, the cake can be made without it.

Almond flour is frequently included in French desserts. You will find it added to pastry creams, puddings and of course to cakes like in the apple cake recipe given here. It adds a lot of moist flavor to whatever you are making and is especially delicious when combined with fruits. You might like to try using almond meal in one of these ways:

Tarte Amandine - The fruit of your choice is added to a mixture of eggs, sugar, butter, flour and almond flour, then baked. This tastes great with plums, pears, peaches, and all sort of fruits.

Frangipane - A mixture of butter, eggs, sugar, and almond flour that is used as an ingredient in desserts, such as this King Cake recipe.

Fruit Pies and Tarts - Try sprinkling the pastry shell with almond meal before adding the fruit. The almond powder will absorb the extra juice from the fruit and you won't end up with a soggy crust.

Crumbles - Mmmm. Add in a couple of tablespoons of almond flour into your flour, butter and sugar mix for an extra tasty crumble topping.

Meringues - By adding almond meal to meringue and then baking you get macarons (which appear to be the food fad of the year in France and other places.)

Sugar Cookies - Substitute almond powder for a small part of the regular flour in your favorite sugar cookie recipe.

Easy Apple Cake Recipe
Gateau aux pommes

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Baking time: 50 minutes

2 cups all purpose flour
3 tablespoons almond flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 or 4 apples
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup melted and cooled butter

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Prepare a 9 inch round cake pan by thoroughly buttering the bottom and sides, then sprinkling it evenly with flour and tapping out the excess.
Sift together the flour, almonds, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. The ground almonds might not pass through your sifter. If not, just stir them into the flour mixture.
Peel and core the apples. Cut into quarters and then cut each quarter into three chunks.
In a mixer (or by hand if you wish) beat the eggs with the sugar and vanilla. Mix in the flour and then the melted and cooled butter. Stir in the apple chunks.
Pour into the prepared pan and bake at 350°F for 50 minutes or until a toothpick poked in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake to release. Turn out onto serving dish. Serve warm.

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