• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Chef Billy Parisi logo

  • Recipes
    • Courses
      • Beverages
      • Appetizers
      • Breakfast
      • Salads
        • Salad Dressings
      • Soups
      • Main Dish
      • Pasta
      • Sauces
      • Side Dishes
      • Bread Recipes
      • Dessert
    • Ingredient
      • Beef
      • Lamb
      • Chicken & Poultry
      • Pork
      • Seafood
      • Vegetarian
    • Occasion
      • Grilling and BBQ
      • Holiday
      • Entertaining
  • Video
  • Cooking Tips
  • About
  • The Studio
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube

Recipes » Courses » Dessert » Irish Apple Cake Recipe with Vanilla Custard Sauce

Irish Apple Cake Recipe with Vanilla Custard Sauce

Posted on March 14, 2017 By Chef Billy Parisi

  • Share
  • Tweet
Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print Recipe

While some are having the time of their life, I’ll always remember St. Patrick’s Day as the day I moved to Chicago.  I was so excited as I began to approach the beautiful skyline of the city and then skuuuurt.  Dead. Stop. Traffic.  I didn’t realize it was St. Paddy’s Day weekend because I was too focused on moving up to Chicago, but dang did I get a rude awakening when I realized everyone was gathered down town drinking Guinness and taking in all of the local green river festivities.  Now that I’ve been settled in for 9 years I make sure to enjoy everything St. Paddy’s Day, from the South Side parade to the amazing food that fills the weekend.

I usually make corned beef and cabbage or some kind of dark beer stew, but this year I decided to make a ridiculously delicious Apple Cake Recipe and then topped it off with a simple to make tasty vanilla custard.   If you’ve ever made an apple cake or even an apple crisp, they’re incredibly easy to make.  It’s as simple as making the batter and then tossing in the cut up apples followed by the wet ingredients until it almost resembled something similar to dough.  From there you bake it and forget about it for an hour.  While the cake is baking it’s perfect timing to make the custard.  Yes it will most likely cool down a bit before the cake is done, however you can re-heat it over low heat on the stove top before serving if you prefer it be warm.

Once the cake is finished cooking you have to ensure that it cools to room temperature before serving.  One of our favorite cooking utensils in our kitchen repertoire is our Franke Roller Mat.  We use it for so many things, from drying the dishes to using it to a colander, to even using it as a cooling rack.  Need-less-to-say we love it and can’t live without it.  The reason you want to cool this cake to room temperature is because it will continue cooking once it comes out of the oven and will be totally finished once it’s done cooling.  If you were to pull the cake out of the oven and slice right into the center, chances are it would be a bit doughy and fall apart.  If you wanted to eat this cake piping hot and right out of the oven then I would suggest cooking it for another 20-30 minutes, but you’ll have to keep an eye on it as the top could brown a bit more than you were hoping. If this is the case than wrap the top in foil to keep a bit off the heat off of the top.

I’ve literally made custard over 1,000 times in my life.  it usually comes in the form of the very French classic recipe, crème anglaise.  I’ve burned it, I’ve scrambled the eggs, I’ve not cooked it long enough, you name it I’ve destroyed this recipe plenty of times, but because of all those kitchen failures I can now flawlessly make it.  While there are a few nuances between crème anglaise and this vanilla custard sauce, the procedures are pretty much the same.  The trick is to keep the heat incredibly low and your patience incredibly high.  Most folks get antsy and try and cook it over medium heat and then they end up scrambling the eggs.  If you keep it low and slow while continuing to whisk you’ll notice how nice and fluffy the custard will become.  Again, patience is a virtue with this recipe, or any custard recipe for that matter.

I usually try to do some research when I do cultural recipes but I kept hitting the wall on this one as I could not find 1 single thing that could point me to the history of the Irish Apple Cake.  I always like to know where certain things come from and am usually pleasantly surprise when I learn of traditional recipes origin.  Often times dishes aren’t even originally from the country that you might have thought they were.  In the end, I apologize because I came up with nothing on this one.  In the end, this Irish apple cake recipe is a winner and so dang tasty that I seriously ate 2 slices right out of the gate, don’t tell my wife!  Happy Cooking and Happy St Patrick’s Day!!

Video

Print Recipe
5 from 2 votes

Irish Apple Cake Recipe with Vanilla Custard Sauce

Try this tempting Irish Apple Cake with Vanilla Custard Sauce that is perfect for any after meal dessert or on St Patrick's Day!
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time1 hr
Total Time1 hr 30 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: irish
Servings: 12
Calories: 463kcal
Author: Chef Billy Parisi

Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 4 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup of sugar + 3 tablespoons
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon of Kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon of nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 8 ounces of unsalted butter
  • 2 each peeled cored and sliced granny smith and golden delicious apples
  • 2 extra large eggs
  • 1 ½ cups of whole milk

For the Custard:

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 cup of whole milk
  • ½ cup of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°.
  • Cake: Cream together the flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and butter until the butter is the size of rice. Fold in the apples.
  • In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs and milk and then combine it into the flour-butter mixture until combined. It should resemble a thick dough.
  • Transfer the mixture to a 9” greased spring form pan and bake in the oven at 375° for 40 to 50 minutes or until golden brown on top and firm in the center.
  • Cool completely to room temperature before slicing and serving.
  • Custard: Whisk together the egg yolks in a medium size bowl. Set aside.
  • Heat the milk and sugar in a medium size pan over medium heat just until lightly boiling.
  • Slowly pour the mixture into the bowl with the eggs while continually stirring and then pour the mixture back to the pan over low heat and stir until it becomes very thick, think alfredo sauce.
  • Finish by whisking in the vanilla and then pour a small amount over a cooled slice of cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 463kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 138mg | Sodium: 269mg | Potassium: 266mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 697IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 125mg | Iron: 2mg

 

Irish Apple Cake Recipe with Vanilla Custard Sauce was last modified: December 23rd, 2019 by Chef Billy Parisi

FREE EMAIL SERIES

5 Secrets to Make Homemade Taste Better

Chef Billy's go-to tips that transform “blah” into “brilliant”!

Previous Post: « BBQ Chicken Sliders Recipe with Coleslaw and Pickles
Next Post: No Knead Bread Recipe with Baked Goat Cheese Tomato Sauce »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Deepali says

    December 28, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Can I replace all purpose flour with almond flour? If yes, in the same quantity?

    Reply
    • Chef Billy Parisi says

      December 28, 2020 at 7:41 pm

      No

      Reply
  2. Judy says

    March 15, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    5 stars
    Can I use 2 round cake pans instead of the 9″ springform pan?
    Thank you. This sounds delicious !

    Reply
    • Chef Billy Parisi says

      March 18, 2019 at 9:58 am

      I think that would work!

      Reply
  3. Sally Whitworth says

    March 13, 2019 at 12:26 pm

    i wont have time to make the custard or the place to make it, can i make Birdseye custard in advance?

    Reply
    • Chef Billy Parisi says

      March 14, 2019 at 6:13 am

      Sure!!

      Reply
  4. Barbara Luker says

    March 28, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    5 stars
    I made this Irish Apple Cake with the vanilla custard sauce and brought it to work today. It was a massive success with not a piece left! Thanks so much for the very easy to follow recipe. We’ll be making this again for sure.

    Reply
    • Chef Billy Parisi says

      March 29, 2018 at 6:41 am

      Awesome Barbara, so glad it worked out for you!!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

ABOUT ME

I’m Billy Parisi and thanks for checking out my site! I’m a culinary school grad that spent 15 years in the restaurant industry as a line cook, sous chef and executive chef. Now I write recipes, take pictures of’em, shoot some video, occasionally hosting on TV, checking out the latest fashion, hangin with my wife and daughter and watching a whole bunch of college sports. Hope you enjoy my twists on classics as well as new innovations! Read More…

free email series

5 Secrets to Make Homemade Taste Better

Chef Billy's go-to tips that transform “blah” into “brilliant”!

FEATURED IN

POPULAR POSTS

  • cutting board with different onion cuts How to Cut an Onion
  • cast iron skillet with chicken fried steak and gravy Chicken Fried Steak Recipe
  • Smoked Pulled Pork Shoulder Recipe
  • Lobster Roll Recipe with Mayonnaise on Brioche Buns
  • vinegar based coleslaw recipe with apple cider vinegar Vinegar Based Coleslaw Recipe
  • bowl of tomato sauce with spinach gnudi Easy Italian Gnudi Recipe

Footer

As Seen On:

Copyright © 2021 Chef Billy Parisi | Privacy Policy