Apple and Blackberry Cake With Bushmills Custard Sauce

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"Apples are frequently found in Irish sweets, and when blackberries are in season, you'll often fine the two in crumbles, crisps, and cakes, like this one, which is served with a creamy custard sauce. Prepare the custard a few hours before baking the cake in order for it to chill through."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• FOR THE CUSTARD SAUCE

• 1 1⁄2 cups whole milk
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 5 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons bushmills Irish whiskey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• FOR CAKE

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 3⁄4 cups self-rising flour, sifted
• 1⁄4 cup whole milk
• 2 golden delicious apples, cored, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 2⁄3 cup blackberry (fresh or frozen)
• 2 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, sliced
• 3 tbps. apricot jam

directions

1. FOR THE CUSTARD SAUCE: Bring milk to a simmer in a heavy 1 1/2 quart saucepan. Whisk sugar and yolks in large metal bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in hot milk. Returm mixture to saucepan and stir constantly over medium-low heat until custard thickens and covers back of spoon, about 6 minutes (do not allow custard to simmer). Transfer custard to clean bowl. Wisk in whiskey and vanilla. Cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. makes about 2 cups.
2. FOR THE CAKE: Preheat oven to 350°F Butter 10-inch sprinform pan. Line pan with parchment paper; butter paper. Using electric stand mixer and paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar in large bowl, until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs on high speed one at a tine, Add flour alternately with milk, beating just until blended. Stir in diced apples. Fold in blackberries. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Arrange apple slices over top of cake, overlapping neatly.
3. Bake cake untl light browned and skewer inserted near center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour, 15 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
4. Melt jam in heavy small pan saucepan over medium heat. Strain jam; discard solids. Bush jam over top of cake.
5. DO-AHEAD TIP; Sauce and cake can be made 1 day ahead. Keep sauce refrigerated. Cover cake with foil and store at room temperature.
6. Spoon custard sauce onto plates. Cut cake into wedges. Transfer wedges to plates and serve.