Last week 'The Barefoot Contessa' made a lovely French apple cake that
looked so simple. It started with boiling sugar and water until it
carmelized, then she place quartered apples on the bottom of a
spring-form pan and covered it with the hot sauce. A simple cake recipe
was spread on top of this. I check the Food Network website, and it
listed the other recipes for this specific episode, but not that cake.
Does anyone have a similar cake recipe? Thanks in advance.

Diane M

Apple Cake "TATIN"
Copyright 2005, Ina Garten, All Rights Reserved


6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus
extra for greasing the dish
1 1/4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced into 12 pieces
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1/3 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Confectioners' sugar

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Generously butter a 9-inch glass pie dish and arrange the apples in
the dish, cut side down.

Combine 1 cup of the granulated sugar and 1/3 cup water in a small
saucepan and cook over high heat until it turns a warm amber color, about
360 degrees F on a candy thermometer. Swirl the pan but don't stir. Pour
evenly over the apple slices.

Meanwhile, cream the 6 tablespoons of butter and the remaining 3/4 cup
of granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle
attachment, until light and fluffy. Lower the speed and beat in the eggs 1
at a time. Add the sour cream, zest, and vanilla and mix until combined.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt and, with the mixer on low
speed, add it to the butter mixture. Mix only until combined.

Pour the cake batter evenly over the apple slices and bake for 30 to
40 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes, then
invert the cake onto a flat plate. If an apple slice sticks, ease it out and
replace it in the design on top of the cake. Serve warm or at room
temperature, dusted with confectioners' sugar.








"Diane McGill" > wrote in message
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> Last week 'The Barefoot Contessa' made a lovely French apple cake that
> looked so simple. It started with boiling sugar and water until it
> carmelized, then she place quartered apples on the bottom of a spring-form
> pan and covered it with the hot sauce. A simple cake recipe was spread on
> top of this. I check the Food Network website, and it listed the other
> recipes for this specific episode, but not that cake. Does anyone have a
> similar cake recipe? Thanks in advance.
>
> Diane M

Diane Booth wrote:
> Apple Cake "TATIN"
> Copyright 2005, Ina Garten, All Rights Reserved
>
>
>

Wonderful! Thank you so much, Diane.

Diane M