Chai spiced French apple cake
I have given the classic French apple cake a delicious Indian twist by flavoring it with cardamom, cinnamon and ginger powders, that enhances it's taste even more and making it perfect with a cup of tea/coffee
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp flour
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp olive or canola oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cup apples roughly chopped
- 1 cup apple thinly sliced
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda and all three spice powders
- Make a well into that mix and add in the eggs, milk and oil. Whisk well until well combined and add in the chopped apples and gently them mix in
- Pour this apple cake batter in a parchment lined cake tin and arrange the apple slices on top - bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean
- Remove from oven and wait until it comes to room temperature to de-mould. Slice the chai spiced French apple cake and serve with tea and/or coffee or just as is. Enjoy!
Notes
- I have used Pink Lady apples for this recipe
- If you like, you could also dust some icing sugar on the cake before slicing it
- You could also replace the spice powders with a teaspoon of vanilla essence if you wish to
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres
- tbsp - tablespoon (15 millilitres)
- tsp - teaspoon