Apple Rose Cake (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Apple Rosette Topping
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4 apples (try SweeTango if you can find them), cut in half, seeds removed and sliced thin (about 1/8 inch)
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Juice squeezed from 1 medium lemon
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60g melted unsalted butter
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4 tablespoons brown sugar
→ Cake Batter
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115g unsalted butter, room temperature
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135g white sugar
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2 large eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Grated peel from 1 medium lemon
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220g plain flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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Small pinch of fine sea salt
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120ml almond milk or regular whole milk
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1 medium apple (SweeTango works great), grated
→ Finishing
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60ml warm maple syrup
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Powdered sugar for sprinkling
# Instructions:
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Cut apples in half, take out the middle and slice each half super thin (about 1/8 inch). Mix your apple slices, fresh lemon juice, melted butter, and brown sugar in a bowl safe for the microwave. Heat for 2 minutes, giving them a stir halfway. Put them aside while you make the cake mix.
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Heat your oven to 175°C (350°F). Butter a 23cm (9-inch) springform pan and set it aside.
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In a big bowl, mix the soft butter and sugar until it's fluffy, for about a minute. Add eggs one by one, mixing well after each. Stir in the vanilla and lemon zest.
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In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
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With your mixer on low, add some flour mix to the butter mix, then some milk, then more flour, then more milk, then the rest of the flour. Fold in the grated apple just until it's mixed in.
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Scoop the batter into your greased pan and smooth the top with a spatula or spoon back.
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Start at the edge of the cake and stick apple slices standing up into the batter to make a circle. For the next ring, put slices in front of where two slices meet in the first ring. Keep going until you reach the middle. For the center flower, take 6 slices, lay them out with edges touching, then roll them up to make a rose shape. Put this in the middle of the cake.
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Stick it in the hot oven for 40 minutes or until you can poke it with a toothpick and it comes out clean.
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While the cake's still warm, brush the top with warm maple syrup to make the apples look shiny. Let it cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar right before you serve it.
# Notes:
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This fancy dessert has a gorgeous apple flower pattern on top that's actually pretty easy to make with thin apple slices.
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Crisp, sweet-tart apples work best - try SweeTango, Honeycrisp, or Pink Lady.
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You can make this cake a day early, but wait to add the powdered sugar until you're ready to serve.