Name: French Apple Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2/3 cup granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling over cake; 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons dark rum; 2 baking apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (I like Honeycrisp, Fuji or Granny Smith) (3-1/2 - 4 cups chopped); Confectioners' sugar (optional), for decorating cake

French Apple Cake

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prep: 20 min
cook: 40 min
total: 1 hr

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Summary

With chunks of sweet apples nestled in a tender and buttery rum cake, this French apple cake is the essence of simplicity.

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling over cake
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons dark rum
2 baking apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (I like Honeycrisp, Fuji or Granny Smith) (3-1/2 - 4 cups chopped)
Confectioners' sugar (optional), for decorating cake