Irish Apple CakeRecipe preview on Faxo
Recipe

Description
This is a great dessert to make for St. Patrick's Day or anytime. The streusel topping and custard sauce make it fabulously delicious!
Ingredients
- cake:
- 3-4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/2 c. unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 T. milk or cream
- 1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 t. baking powder
- 3/4 t.- 1 t. cinnamon
- 1/2 t. nutmeg
- 1/8 t. salt
- confectioner's sugar, for dusting
- streusel topping:
- 3/4 c. flour
- 1/4 c. old-fashioned rolled oats
- 6 T. unsalted cold butter, cut in small pieces
- 1/2 c. sugar
- custard sauce:
- 6 large egg yolks
- 6 T. sugar
- 1 1/2 c. whole milk
- 1 1/2 t. vanilla
Steps
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Make custard sauce first. Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat. Whisk the yolks and sugar until pale. Drizzle a little of the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Drizzle a little more, then transfer that back into the pan of hot milk. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture coats the back of a spoon. Do nott overcook or it can curdle. Stir in the vanilla. Refrigerate sauce until needed.
- streusel topping:
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