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  • Apple cake

    Apple cake

    Apple cake is a netherlands dessert favourite that comes together with everyday ingredients and a little patience. Here’s how we make it in our test kitchen.

    Ingredients

    • 4 Eggs
    • 200g Sugar
    • 200g Self-raising Flour
    • 200g Melted Butter
    • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
    • 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
    • 3 Apples
    • Pinch Salt
    • Sprinkling Ground Sugar

    Method

    Preheat the oven to 180°C. (350˚F) Grease a cake pan and line it with baking paper.

    In a large bowl, break the four eggs with the sugar and beat until they have tripled in volume and become fluffy.

    Sift the self-rising baking flour and add it to your egg mixture. Fold this over, preserving as much air as possible. Add the melted (and slightly cooled) butter and mix until combined.

    Add cinnamon, pinch of salt and vanilla extract.

    Add the diced apple to the batter and gently fold them into the batter so that the apple pieces are evenly distributed. You can roll the apple pieces through some more cinnamon.

    Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top with a spatula.

    Place the apple slices on top of the batter and press lightly. Sprinkle optionally with some almond shavings.

    Bake the apple cake in the preheated oven for about 45-50 minutes, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.

    Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the mold for a few minutes. Then carefully remove the cake from the mold and let cool completely on a wire rack.

    Sprinkle the cooled apple cake with powdered sugar

    Want to watch it come together? See the full walkthrough.

  • Apple Potato Mash (Hete bliksem)

    Apple Potato Mash (Hete bliksem)

    Apple Potato Mash (Hete bliksem) is a netherlands side favourite that comes together with everyday ingredients and a little patience. Here’s how we make it in our test kitchen.

    Ingredients

    • 250g Apples
    • 250g Potatoes
    • 1 Cinnamon Stick
    • 1 tsp Maple Syrup
    • Sprinkling Ground Cinnamon
    • 4 Bacon
    • 200g Cheese
    • Pinch Salt
    • 1 Egg
    • 50g Sesame Seed

    Method

    Clean and peel the potatoes and cut them into even size chunks. Boil them in salted water for about 10 min and then add the cleaned and chopped apples into the boiling water. Add the cinnamon stick as well. Leave to boil for another 10 minutes or until both apples and potatoes are to your liking. I like mine to be fairly chunky but that is a personal preference

    In the mean time bake the streaky bacon in a dry frying pan until crispy and set aside to drain on paper towels.

    Slice a few apple pieces and melt a little butter in a fryin pan. Add the apple slices to it and add a bit of maple syrup into the pan as well as some cinnamon. Let it simmer until the apple is soft.

    Prepare a plate with one whisked egg and one plate with sesame seeds. Cut your cheese into the required size. The smaller it is, the easier it is too handle.

    Dip the cheese into the egg and make sure it coats all sides. Then dip the cheese into the sesame seeds and make sure it is covered everywhere.

    Heat a non stick frying pan on high until nice and hot. Put the cheese slice in and bake until the sesame seeds are brown. You have to do this rather quickly or the cheese will melt completely. Turn and bake the other side.

    Drain the apples and potatoes and mash them together. Taste and add cinnamon and salt where needed. Remove the cinnamon stick before mashing