Recipe: Perfect Irish Apple Cake

Irish Apple Cake.

You can have Irish Apple Cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Irish Apple Cake

1. Prepare 4 tablespoons of butter, softened (room temperature).
2. It's 1 cup of granulated sugar.
3. It's 1 of egg, beaten (room temperature).
4. You need 4 of granny smith apples, cored, peeled & diced (2 cups; 2 apples is probably enough).
5. Prepare 1 of ⁄4 cup chopped walnuts.
6. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
7. You need 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
8. It's 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
9. You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
10. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
11. You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg (this is a bit much for my taste).
12. It's 1 cup of all purpose flour.

Irish Apple Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Generously grease an 8-inch square cake pan.
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (use hand mixer).
4. Add the egg, apples, nuts and vanilla and stir well.
5. Sift in the dry ingredients and mix well.
6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan & bake about 45 minutes, until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean..
7. Remove from over and let the cake set in the pan for 5 mins, then remove from pan (I didn't remove it)..
8. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream..