Swedish Apple Cake

Dwynnie's Note:

This is a super easy, super tasty recipe that my mom used to make all of the time when I was a kid. This is a wonderful dessert (or even breakfast) in the fall--though it is more like a cobbler then a cake (the more apples you use, the more cobbler-like)! Also, I'm not sure that it really is a Swedish recipe as it was shared by a Greek neighbor, but it is still great! Update: I realize that it seems strange, but this recipe really doesn't need extra leavening--I have double-checked a number of times as it seems like it should have some! Though I don't think it would hurt to add some... :-)

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 4 -6 cups sliced apples
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¾ cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup walnuts or ½ cup pecans , chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Mix apple slices with lemon juice.
3. Fill a greased 2-quart casserole (or 8 inch square Pyrex dish) with apple slices.
4. Sprinkle apples with 1 Tbs sugar and ground cinnamon.
5. Mix together melted butter, sugar, flour, egg, and nuts to form a doughy batter.
6. Scrape batter on top of apples and smooth out.
7. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or until top is golden.
8. Let cool for 15 minutes in pan on rack and then serve from pan with ice cream--do not invert. Or let cool completely in pan and serve room temperature.

Reviews

[duonyte]

I liked this quite a lot, however, I did cut back the butter to 1/2 cup and the sugar to about 2/3 cup. I found that to be sweet enough. I used jonagold, fuji and granny smith apples. I also added a pinch of salt to both the batter and the cinnamon sugar mix, added a couple of shakes of ground cardamon to the sugar/cinnamon mix, and tossed that with the sliced apples before putting them into the baking dish. It took a little over an hour to bake, but I did slice the apples a bit thickly, I don't like thin slices of apple in this kind of dish.

[Ness]

This cake was amazing. I thought I'd messed the batter up as it was translucent. It didn't look like "cake batter" that I'm used to, but as I'm not a regular baker, I went with it. The "cake" part on top crisped up beautifully and the apples were perfectly tender. I used Granny Smiths and I also added 1/8 tsp. of ginger, which added a nice warm depth to the cinnamon and apples. I hate apples, growing up next to an apple farmer, I got burned out on them growing, I made this for my husband, but I have to say... I loved it too.

[Sweet Apples]

This is a delicious cobbler! We enjoyed it warm out of the oven with ice cream. I used about 4 1/2 cups of apples,omitted the nuts and added 1/2 tsp. of baking powder. I baked it in an 8x8 pan. My husband was especially impressed. His exact words,"This is where it is!"