Irish Apple Cake Recipe
This delightful apple streusel cake pairs tender spiced apples with a crumbly oat topping and creamy homemade custard sauce. Perfect for cozy gatherings or a comforting dessert!
Equipment
- 9-inch springform pan
- Mixing bowls
- Hand or stand mixer
- Whisk
- Silicone spatula or spoon
- Sieve
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 Tbsp whole milk or cream
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp salt
- about 3 Granny Smith apples peeled and thinly sliced. Mine weighed a little over a pound after slicing.
- confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Streusel Topping
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 6 Tbsp unsalted cold butter cut in small pieces
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Custard Sauce
- 6 large egg yolks
- 6 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk ~ you can also use half and half or cream
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9-inch springform pan.
- Prepare the custard sauce: Simmer milk, whisk egg yolks with sugar, gradually combine, and cook until thickened. Strain, add vanilla, and chill.
- Make streusel topping: Mix butter, flour, sugar, and oats until crumbly, then refrigerate.
- Cream butter and sugar, then beat in eggs one at a time.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; fold into the batter with milk or cream.
- Spread batter in the prepared pan, layer with sliced apples, and sprinkle with streusel.
- Bake for 50–60 minutes, until golden and set.
- Cool slightly, dust with confectioner’s sugar, and serve with chilled custard sauce.
