Tea-Apple Compote Cake
By MJH
Ingredients
- For the tea-apple compote:
- 2 Cinnamon apple spice herbal tea bags
- 2 Rooibos earl grey herbal tea bags
- 1/4 cup honey (preferably orange blossom)
- Pinch of salt
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped out
- 3 wide strips orange peel
- 1/2 cup cognac or brandy
- 4 firm large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into 12 wedges
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- For cake batter:
- 1 cup flour +2 tablespoons corn or potato starch
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 extra large eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 About 1 tablespoon Turbinado sugar
Details
Adapted from yummly.com
Preparation
Step 1
For the tea-apple compote:
Steep all 4 tea bags in 1 cup boiling water, 20 minutes.
Squeeze out and discard the tea bags.
Pour the tea to a saucepan. Add the honey, salt, vanilla seeds and pod, orange peel and cognac and cook over medium heat until syrupy, 10 to 15 minutes.
Add the apples and butter; reduce the heat to low; simmer uncovered about 15 minutes or until most of the liquid is evaporated.
Transfer to a bowl and let cool slightly.
For cake batter:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 10" glass baking dish.
Sift together flour, starch, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
In another bowl whisk together eggs, sugar, sour cream, vanilla and orange zest.
Slowly whisk dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
With a rubber spatula, fold oil into batter, making sure it’s all incorporated.
Add about 3/4 of the apple compote to the batter and mix it in.
Then pour into the prepared baking dish and spread the batter evenly with a spatula.
Arrange the remaining apple slices on the top of the batter.
Sprinkle the cake with Turbinado sugar and bake for 1 hour or until deep golden brown and the top has a crunchy crust.
Cool in the baking dish on wire rack. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream or ice cream or with just a cup of your favorite tea.
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