kitchen experiments

[kareina]

I have been baking lots of fruit crumbles lately, and they have all been wonderful. The other day I felt for something different, and did something a bit more cake like. Then I made another crumble when I finished the cake.

This weekend I am heading to Skellefteå for my apprentices möhippa (bridal shower), which will involve lots of adventures. I volunteered to bake something to share for fika in between the climbing wall and the salt room. My first thought was yet another crumble, but since we will be eating it somewhere in town, it made sense to bake something with a bit more structural integrity. Therefore I decided to do a fusion of my last two creations, to see how they work together.

The result was a Caramel Apple Cake with Blueberry-Almond-Oat topping

First I made the crumble part:

1 c oats
0.5 c almond slivers
0.5 c almond meal
50 grams butter
2 T blueberry powder

Worked that together by hand till it is well blended. Then pressed into the bottom of to cake pans (I opted for two--a large springform pan with a central tube, to make something kinda pretty to share, and a smaller one in an 8" round cake pan to leave at home to eat next week).

Then I got the dry ingredients for the cake batter ready:

2 c wheat flour
2 t baking powder
dash salt
3 T butter

Work that together with hands (like for a pie crust) till it is well blended

then I added the "caramel":

1 c grated Gudbrandsdalsost (about 120 g)

and worked it in well.

Then I added

3.5 c chopped apples

and finally

1.5 c buttermilk
2 eggs

(I beat the eggs into the buttermilk, before adding it to the rest of the cake batter.)

Then I carefully spread the very-apple rich batter over the crumble part and baked it.

I will report back later how others like it. Perhaps the fact that I didn't add any sugar that wasn't naturally occurring in the fruit or cheese will make it less popular than if I had made a sweet cake? Perhaps it will be more popular? All I know is that if it is even half as good as the two dishes that inspired it, I will be happy.

Comments

[rustmon]

That sounds really yummy.