The actual title is Le Gateau de Mamie, and comes from the cookbook Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen.
Fancy? Actually, it's not. It's one of the simplest cake recipes I've ever made, and it's not heavy. You know how eating cake can make you feel like you've just been socked in stomach? This is the perfect cake, not only because it melts in your mouth, but because it leaves you feeling satisfied, not overstuffed. It's a crowd pleaser and goes very fast at any party.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. fine sea salt
1 pound baking apples (Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Braeburn...I prefer Pink Lady) (about 2 medium)
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Melt butter in microwave safe dish. Grease a nonstick 8-inch round cake pan. (I like to use Pam for baking)
2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt (I've used regular salt too, and it turns out just fine) in small mixing bowl. Set aside. Wash, peel, core apples. Cut into eighths and arrange on the bottom of the pan.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the sugar with the eggs until fluffy. I usually wait until the egg mixture lightens in color, and I can start to see the whisk leaving indents in the batter. Add the flour mixture and whisk until combined. Then add the melted butter, whisking until blended. The batter will have the consistency of thick frosting-- it shouldn't be runny.
4. Smooth batter over apples in pan, covering the apples. Pop it in the oven for 40 minutes, and the top has set, golden in color, you know it's done! Let it cool, then invert onto a plate and serve.
Enjoy! (I suggest eating with vanilla ice cream....sooooo good!)
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