Brown Butter Spiced Apple Cake

Delight in a scrumptious Brown Butter Spiced Apple Cake. Made with fresh apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, and topped with a creamy brown butter icing. Perfect for a cozy treat.

Jess Murphy

Recipe - SuperValu Online

Brown Butter Spiced Apple Cake

Prep Time15 Minutes

Servings12

Cook Time35 Minutes

Ingredients

4 - Apple

1 tsp Baking Soda

55 g Brown Sugar

250 g Butter (80g for Bread, 170g for icing)

175 g Caster Sugar

165 g Cream Cheese

1 - Fresh Egg

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

240 g Icing Sugar

250 g Plain Flour

1 pinch Salt

35 g chopped nuts

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Grease the cake tin and line with greaseproof paper.
Slowly melt the butter in a saucepan until golden brown and then allow to cool.
Add the melted butter to the sugar, egg, and apple sauce in a large bowl and mix.
In a separate large bowl, add the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Then combine and mix the wet and dry mixtures.
Add the mixture to the cake tin and then bake for 30-35 minutes. Leave on a rack to cool.

For the brown butter icing:

Slowly melt the butter in a saucepan until golden brown and then chill for 1 hour.
Once chilled, beat the butter with a mixer until light. Slowly sieve the icing sugar into the bowl, continually mixing until light and fluffy.
Spread the brown butter icing over the apple cake once it is cooled.
Cut into slices and serve with a drizzle of caramel.

15 minutes

Prep Time

35 minutes

Cook Time

Servings

Shop Ingredients

Makes 12 servings

4 - Apple

SuperValu Loose Pink Lady Apples (1 Piece)

6 for €2.50

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€0.60

1 tsp Baking Soda

Dr. Oetker Bicarbonate Of Soda (200 g)

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€2.05€10.25/kg

55 g Brown Sugar

SuperValu Light Golden Brown Sugar (500 g)

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€1.05€2.10/kg

250 g Butter (80g for Bread, 170g for icing)

SuperValu Irish Creamery Butter (454 g)

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€3.79€8.35/kg

175 g Caster Sugar

SuperValu Caster Sugar (500 g)

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€1.65€3.30/kg

165 g Cream Cheese

Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese (165 g)

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€2.65€16.06/kg

1 - Fresh Egg

SuperValu 6 Medium Barn Eggs (6 Piece)

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€1.39€0.23 each

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

Funky Soul Ground Cinnamon (32 g)

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€0.85€26.56/kg

240 g Icing Sugar

SuperValu Icing Sugar (500 g)

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€0.95€1.90/kg

250 g Plain Flour

SuperValu Plain Flour (2 kg)

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€2.55€1.28/kg

1 pinch Salt

SuperValu Table Salt (750 g)

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€0.50€0.67/kg

35 g chopped nuts

Shamrock Chopped Almonds (100 g)

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€3.99€39.90/kg

Recipe

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Grease the cake tin and line with greaseproof paper.
Slowly melt the butter in a saucepan until golden brown and then allow to cool.
Add the melted butter to the sugar, egg, and apple sauce in a large bowl and mix.
In a separate large bowl, add the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Then combine and mix the wet and dry mixtures.
Add the mixture to the cake tin and then bake for 30-35 minutes. Leave on a rack to cool.

For the brown butter icing:

Slowly melt the butter in a saucepan until golden brown and then chill for 1 hour.
Once chilled, beat the butter with a mixer until light. Slowly sieve the icing sugar into the bowl, continually mixing until light and fluffy.
Spread the brown butter icing over the apple cake once it is cooled.
Cut into slices and serve with a drizzle of caramel.