Corner House used to have French Apple Cake with ice cream on its menu, my absolute favourite for years, and bizarrely enough a menu item that absolutely no one else I know has ever heard of or tried. It’s almost as if I access Corner House in some other parallel universe, haha.

Ever since I went gluten free, I miss good cakes. I have a friend that makes me lovely plum cakes and brownies, but you know, CAKES. I miss them, and I missed this one the most. And then I chanced upon Nutty Yogi Baking Flour and decided to make one and voila, it was soooooo good! (PS: I am NOT promoting them or being paid for this, come on, this website is not that popular hahaha).

Ingredients:

50gm butter, melted and cooled
1/2 cup sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp cinnamon and a pinch cardamom pd
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1.5 cups flour whisked with 1 tbsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp baking soda
3 apples, peeled, cored (2 chopped, 1 sliced)
Milk, probably 1/2 cup

Procedure:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
• Grease a 8-9 inch pan and layer the sliced apples on the bottom.
• Mix butter and sugar together until creamy.
• Add eggs, vanilla essence and beat until fluffy.
  It might seem to curdle, that’s ok, add a spoon of flour in that case and continue whisking.
• Fold in the flour, mix milk until it is a batter consistency.
• Toss in the chopped apples, pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 40 till an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Serving Suggestion:

I like to serve this hot with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.

To make salted caramel sauce, melt 1/4 cup sugar until it starts turning light brown, add 2 tbsp butter, let it melt and combine, Add a heaped tablespoon of (room temperature) heavy cream while continuously stirring and boil for about a minute. Add 1/4 tsp salt and serve.