The Ultimate Apple Cake

Hi there, Bruno Albuz here. Today we're going to make a fantastic apple cake. That's bomb diggity. Guys, this is the best time to pick apples and we are going to honor them 100% with this gorgeous apple cake, gâteau aux pommes. Needless to say that I am definitely going to be using my homemade apple sauce and juice to make the apple marmalade we're going to need for this cake. Santé! So tasty. Alright, so I'm going to heat up the apple sauce with the juice and then I'm going to throw in there a mixture of sugar and agar agar, bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Let cool and transfer to a narrow container and refrigerate overnight to set. Then smooth that out with your immersion blender. Awesome texture and taste. If you want to make your apple cake taller, you can use a cake ring or a traditional cake pan. Grease generously and coat it with brown sugar. Doing so, it makes it easier to unmold. In addition, it's going to give a nice brown color. Alright, so now I am going to take care of the apples and I like to mix up different varieties such as opal, rennet, belle de bascoupe and so on. I'm not sure about the pronunciation, but you got the point. Let's go papa. So you're going to need 6 peeled and cored apples and then you want to cut them into 12 wedges. Oh my god. Wow. So juicy. Wow. Next, we are going to sauté the apple wedges. Let's have some fun. Yes, I like them to be pre-cooked. Melt butter and oil together at the apples and sauté for a couple of minutes, allowing them to become coated in fat. Now I'm going to add the sugar. Continue to cook on full blast until caramelized. Next, I'm going to flambe the apples with calvados. Next, cake batter. Eggs, brown sugar and a pinch of fleur de sel, homemade apple sauce. Mix well and the next ingredient, it's going to be melted butter. And then I am going to incorporate the flour and baking powder sifted together. So what's great about this cake concept is that it can be made with other fruits. You can use pears, cherries, apricots, you name it. So this one of a kind apple cake is going to be built upside down. Overlap apples artfully into a round. Cover them with half of the cake batter. Tuck remaining apples and stuff the cake with dollops of apple marmalade, like so. And I'm going to leave just enough space to finish my cake batter. Trust me, this apple cake gâteau au pomme is worth the extra steps. If you want to know everything about this fabulous apple cake recipe, visit my blog, brunoalbouze.com. If you like the video, please give me a thumbs up and click down below to the subscribe button. Bon appétit.