Apple Cake with Coconut
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4 hours 50 min
This cake is light, fruity and delicious. Sponge cake is topped with apples and a desiccated coconut glaze. Enjoy with whipped cream for afternoon tea or dessert.
Claudia_Meilinger
3 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- For the Cake
- 2 egg whites
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons lukewarm water
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 1 teaspoon rum
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 60g flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- For the Filling
- 1kg apples
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 glass white wine or apple juice
- For the Topping
- 1 sachet red coloured jelly glaze, such as Green's
- 100g desiccated coconut
- To Decorate
- whipped cream
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:20min ›
Extra time:4hr chilling ›
Ready in:4hr50min
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Cream egg yolk with water, sugar and vanilla sugar. Add rum and lemon juice, then mix in the flour mixed with baking powder.
- Preheat oven to 220 C / Gas 7. Grease a round springform tin. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, peel and chop the apples. Place in a pot and cook with sugar and white wine (or apple juice) on low heat until they are soft and mushy.
- Cool apple filling and pour over the base.
- Prepare glaze according to package directions, mix with coconut and brush onto apple mixture. Refrigerate for a few hours, then remove the tin.
- To finish, decorate with whipped cream.
