French Apple Cake With Apricot Glaze

Recipe Ingredients

		Cake
2 tablespoons	30ml	Margarine
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
1		Egg
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	White flour
2 1/2		Baking powder
1 cup	237ml	Skim milk mixed
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
6		Granny smith apples
		Topping
1/3 cup	53g / 1.9oz	Brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Freshly ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons	45ml	Unsalted margarine
		Glaze
1/2 cup	118ml	Apricot jam
1 teaspoon	5ml	Lemon juice
		About 1 tsp water

Recipe Instructions

Method: Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9" x 12" baking dish with a nonstick spray Cream margarine with sugar.

Mix the 1 tsp of vanilla into the milk.

Beat in egg. Sift together dry ingredients. into egg mixture alternating with milk and vanilla.

In food processor, pro egg with sugar until well mixed. Add margarine and process and then milk. dry ingredients into processor and pulse 3 or 4 times, just until mixed. (wash processor - reserve for next step.) Spread batter evenly into prepare dish.

Top with fruit. Mix topping ingredients together in food processor or mixer. Dot over top of cake.

Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean Cool completely.

For glaze: heat together apricot jam, lemon juice and water. Strain into s saucepan or glass measuring jug. Heat on top of stove or in microwave until boiling and slightly reduced. If reduced too much, add a bit more water. onto completely cooled cake with pastry brush.

Serve.

Source:
Alton Brown

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