Gache Melee

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:02:23 GMT

Step 1

Pre-heat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius.

Step 2

Peel and slice the apples. This can take a while, so put the cut apples in a bowl of water to stop the air getting to them, and they won’t turn brown and mushy.

Step 3

Cream together the sugar and butter until you have what looks like breadcrumbs. You can do this with an electric hand mixer to make things easier. Make sure you use a very large bowl as you’ll be adding a lot of further ingredients.

Step 4

Beat in the eggs so the butter, sugar and egg mixture looks more like a thick paste. This should now be much easier to work with.

Step 5

Mix your spices and flour together, then sift them into the wet mixture and fold in, trying not to knock too much of the air out of it.

Step 6

When all of the flour and spices have been combined with the wet mixture, drain any water you have used to cover the apples, and stir half of the sliced apples into the mixture.

Step 7

Lay half of the remaining apples on the bottom of a greased and lined tin. I used a spring-sided 9in (22cm) round tin, 4in (10cm) deep. Pour your cake mixture on top of the bottom layer of apples and gently press down with a wooden spoon to fill any gaps between them. Put the remaining apples on top and scatter them with brown sugar.

Step 8

Put in the oven and be patient. My cake took two hours to bake, although I tested it after one hour, and then again after 90 minutes, by putting a carving fork into it and seeing if it came out clean. Bear in mind that it probably won’t ever come out perfectly clean because the amount of apple in it leaves it very wet, so you’ll need to use your own judgement as to whether or not it’s done.

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