A LOAF WE DESERVE: 荷蘭蘋果蛋糕 Dutch Apple Cake

At first it was a big sale at my favorite local supermarket. I started my little journey searching for apple recipes. There's one for pork chops with caramelized apple. There's one for apple turnovers, couples for apple pancakes, and one for apple chips. There's one for apple bacon pizza which looks so great. Mentioned above haven't been made yet.

I made a spiced apple cream cheese coffee cake last time for a party. This time, yes also for a party, I made a Dutch apple cake.

起初，是因為這邊我最喜歡的超市有一場蘋果大特賣，我就開始尋找各種蘋果食譜。有焦糖蘋果豬排、有蘋果派、蘋果鬆餅、蘋果脆片，也有看起來很讚的蘋果培根比薩。不過以上所提的我都還沒做過。

上次要去參加萬聖節派對的時候我烤了肉桂蘋果起司蛋糕，這次也是要參加派對，我做了荷蘭蘋果蛋糕。

There are tons of different recipes for Dutch apple cake, some say it's Norwegian apple cake. Some say the batter is runny and those apple slices sink to the bottom. This recipe I used didn't mention what consistency the batter should have, and I doubted if it would work when making it. It's very, very thick. Thicker than pancake batter. I had to get my fingers pushing those apple slices into the batter otherwise I wouldn't be able to put them all in. When baked, the apple slices remained on top. (The author mentioned that this cake is great for a parent/grandparent who has little sous-chefs. Kids can help place the apples into batter.)

Hopefully it turned out with great taste. I don't think it's a pretty cake but it did tastes good. It's dense, more like a Japanese honey cake. I didn't serve it warm as the recipe suggests since I made it the day before, but I think it would be awesome when warm. It keeps well. Usually I don't like sweet breakfast but I think this cake would make a good one, with tea or coffee or hot milk.

荷蘭蘋果蛋糕的食譜百百種，有些甚至說它也叫挪威蘋果蛋糕。有些說生麵糊很稀很水，蘋果片會沈到蛋糕底。我參考的這份食譜並沒有提到麵糊的濃稠度，在製作的時候我一度很懷疑有沒有弄錯了；這麵糊非常非常濃稠，比鬆餅麵糊還要濃，以致於放蘋果片的時候必須用手指把蘋果片給壓進麵糊，不然根本放不完全部的蘋果啊！烘烤完成之後，蘋果片通通都還在蛋糕上半部。（作者還提到這個蛋糕很適合家有小二廚的家長，小朋友可以幫忙把蘋果片插到麵糊裡。）

幸好結果滿不錯的，它不是個漂亮的蛋糕，但是味道很不錯。這蛋糕很紮實，比較像蜂蜜蛋糕。因為是前一天就做好的，所以我們沒有像食譜建議的溫溫的吃，溫熱的吃應該會很棒。它也滿適合隔夜吃，通常我不喜歡早餐吃甜食，但這個蛋糕我覺得當早餐吃也滿棒的，可以配熱茶、咖啡、熱牛奶。

The recipe is from One Perfect Bite. Please click to get it.

荷蘭蘋果蛋糕（9x5吋長方形烤模）
材料：

蘋果 3 顆，中等大小，去皮去核切成 1/4吋的薄片
糖 3 大匙 + 1杯，分開使用
肉桂粉 1 小匙
無鹽奶油 2/3 杯，室溫軟化
雞蛋 4 顆
香草精 1 小匙
中筋麵粉 2 杯
鹽 1/8 小匙

做法：

將蘋果片與糖 3 大匙、肉桂粉混合，靜置一小時。
烤箱預熱 300F/150C，9x5烤盤內壁塗上一層奶油（或鋪上防粘烘焙紙）。奶油、糖 1 大杯在攪拌盆中攪打成蓬鬆泛白狀，加入雞蛋，一次 1 顆，攪打均勻後再加下 1 顆。
雞蛋全都加入後，加香草精混合均勻；將麵粉和鹽混合，分次加入麵糊並攪拌到均勻滑順。
將麵糊倒入烤盤，把蘋果片逐片垂直插入麵糊中，緊密地排在一起。送入烤箱烘烤 1 小時 30分鐘 - 1 小時 45 分鐘。
烤好後在烤盤中放 10分鐘再取出，建議溫熱著吃。