Marie-Helene's Apple Cake: Week FiveApples are a fall orchards bounty. Having an apple tree myself, I'm always looking for a new recipe or idea to try. This weeks choice for French Fridays with Dorie gives us a very moist, rum spiked beauty.
Apples are one of the most ancient of fruits. Having been around for over 750,000 years, they are linked to luxury, love and sexuality. Gotta love it...You can't really go wrong with that.
This cake was unbelievably moist and very flavorful. It uses such simple ingredients that we all have in our cupboard. ( Yes, I had the rum!!) You can whip it together in no time on a cool Autumn day. Which makes it nice for company. All you need is a whisk and a bowl.
Even better the next day. My husband made French toast out of this the next morning. Dredged in egg and lightly cooked until golden crisp in butter. Served with thick sliced bacon and maple syrup. Delicious!!! I have to say I liked this even better than the cake. Of course, I was eating it with bacon, so what can I say.
Each season brings it's unique array of edible delights and aromas... The smell of apples and cinnamon wafts through the house. This cake screams fall.
Like all of the Friday posts I won't be sharing recipe's. I encourage you to pick up Dorie Greenspan's new cookbook Around my French Table.
enjoy!!
Nice post; beautiful photograph
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I have Dorie's book, but haven't tried that recipe yet! But I do have apples that need cooking up...hmmm... :)
ReplyDeleteThis was such a simple and flavorful cake. I bet it was so very delicious as french toast!
ReplyDeleteYum your cake is so tasty looking! How cool your husband made French toast..what a great idea! Thank you for the compliment on my blog!
ReplyDeleteCame to see your cake and you never disappoint Beth! So great! Wasn't it so easy! And you are right, so good the next day that it was one of the few 'sweets' I was prohibited from pawning off on my workmates. This was was confined to our house to be finished off for breakfast and desert the next night!
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Thanks for all you nice comments I love to read them all. Celia, Try this as french toast the boys will love it. Thanks for coming by:)
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea to use this for french toast! Your photos are always so lovely.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Also, what a wonderful idea to make french toast. Now I have another excuse to make the cake again! Yippeee!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought the cake made a pretty decadent breakfast, but French toast sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteFrench toast! I would have never thought of that in an million years but now am going to have to make this cake again just to do that. Creative husband!
ReplyDeleteI can just imagine how wonderful that cake was as french toast! :) Gorgeous photo, too!
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous you have a an apple tree...what a wonderful thing.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing your idea of making french toast with the leftovers. great idea!!
ReplyDeleteI like how your cake mainly covered your apples! I think my apples ended up glossy looking because there wasn't enough cake to cover them, and the apples ended up getting a nice tan!
ReplyDeleteNothing better than making a cake that can turn itself into something yummy with bacon the next day.., very cool idea ;)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, this would be awesome as French toast! great idea.
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks fantastic.
Yours looks absolutely fabulous. It such a great last minute dessert, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous idea to make french toast with this! I can just imagine how good it must have been with bacon. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's great you ventured out and made French toast. Your pictures and styling are very nice. Thanks for visiting my blog. I'll be back to visit you, too!
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Thank you everyone for taking the time to stop in and visit:) I enjoy each and every comment.B
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