Tuesday, April 21, 2020

食譜:蘋果蛋糕

雖然還沒找到最像又最完美的德國蘋果蛋糕(Apfelkuchen),但是這個已經是嘗試幾次之中最像的一個了。記錄一下。

Apfelkuchen
食譜來源:參考https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/french-apple-cake.html (上面說是法國蘋果蛋糕哩。。。)

材料:
2 baking apples, peeled, thinly sliced (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp or Fuji, 個人覺得酸一點的好,不然太甜)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
少於 1 tsp salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 Tbsp milk (原食譜是用dark rum)

作法:
1) Preheat oven to 350F. Butter 9-in spring form (or spray with cooking spray). Skip if mold is non-stick type.
2) In a small bowl, whisk/sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
3) In another bowl, with a hand mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4) Add egg one at a time and beat well.
5) Beat in vanilla and rum slowly while beating at the same time.
6) Add flour mixture to the batter and mix on low speed until just combined.
7) Fold in half of the sliced apples (can cut these slices in half so they cook easier).
8) Pour batter into mold and arrange the rest of the apple slices in a nice pattern on the top. Sprinkle with additional sugar.
9) Bake for 50~60 min till golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
10) Get the cake out to cool on a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature, plain or with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

p.s. 原本網站上是說烤40min,但我覺得好像不太熟,所以又多烤了20分鐘。但是結果蛋糕一點硬,不知道是烤太久了,還是batter攪拌過度了?總之下次再實驗看看。
另外,我這次是先處理蘋果,然後還用了一顆檸檬。先取lemon zest,再把檸檬汁擠出來。切好的蘋果片就用檸檬汁整個抓過一下,免得變黑。Lemon zest在(4)的時候加進去一起打。
另外,這次我覺得在(5)的時候,batter變得不是很smooth,有一點curdle起來。不知道是因為我加入的成份的緣故自然如此,還是我一次加太快?也是下次再實驗!

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2020/12/10追記

我發現原來食譜根本沒有說要放檸檬。上次做的時候放檸檬也只是以前看過的很多蘋果蛋糕食譜裡有這一步驟。但其實我今天做的時候不放也沒有怎麼樣,蘋果也沒有變黑。另外,蘋果我是切成0.8cm的小片,感覺這樣比較容易熟。酒的部分就完全跳過,也沒有另外加入液體。總共還是烤了快要一個小時表面的醣才看起來比較脆一點。我覺得如果真想要表面的醣有一點脆的話,下次也許考五十分鐘,然後最後用broiler烤個一下下上面這樣也許就行了。

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