Toffee apple cake or toffee cake apple ?

From the humble apple cake i dressed it up to like so :

I started by peeling some apples, kept the skins, and tried to put them in a cupcake pan. (sometimes what you imagine would happen and what actually happens are two very different things ... all in the spirit of experimentation) :D



Then i fill the applecake batter and apple chunks into the batter . After baking and chilling I removed the cupcake wrappers. Then made a batch of toffee. I then stuck biscuit sticks into the cupcakes and dipped the cake into the toffee. Trying to make them look a bit like toffee apples.






I then drizzled some of the toffee over the rest of the cake which i filled with a whipped sour cream frosting and a layer of caramelised apple chunks:




It was eaten much faster than I could get a decent shot of the insides. :)

Apple cake – Apfelkuchen

A while ago I was fortunate enough to have been passed quite a few German cake recipes. Some of them belonged to my friend's grandmother. Some of them however only had the ingredients but no method, which makes it rather interesting for me. SO i figured if you stick to the basics you can't really go very wrong :) ( this of course after trying this recipe twice i realised what neede to be done). The result was a really moist apple cake ....

The apple is added to the top


This is the baked cake. on hindside i probably should have cut the apple into bigger pieces to that they sand in a bit more or maybe pour the batter then some apple then batter again. Anyhooo there is always next time :