Fall is my most favorite season. The smell of the leaves, the smell of the leaves burning and apples. All of those glorious apples. One of my favorite days of the year is the day we go apple picking as a family. We have a favorite orchard that has the best hot donuts and cider ever. Ok, maybe that is the real reason I love apple picking. The apples are crisp and ripe and so abundant that it is easy to rack up more that you wanted to spend, because you can’t stop grabbing that next apple.
So what did I do when I came home with my pounds and pounds of apples? I baked an apple cake of course! I baked an apple cake last year http://sara826-itstartedwithone.blogspot.com/2010/10/apple-cake-with-crackly-meringue.html. Check it out! It was a bit more extensive than this one, but just as apple yumminess!
This apple delight is brought to you by my favorite French cookbook. “Around My French Table”, by Dorie Greenspan is probably one of my most favorite cookbooks ever. Please see the list of blog posts that pertain to this fabulous book. I love everything about it! The pictures, the easy instructions and the great stories on how the recipes came to be. This French apple cake is quick and simple and so delicate. It really is a more of an apple pile with a little bit of cake to hold it all together. I used four different kinds of apples. Ms. Greenspan said that this really is the key to the recipe. Also, the cake gets better at room temperature. The moisture in the apple flavors the cake and it almost has the consistency of a sponge cake. You guys got to try it!
You might also like these great recipes!
http://sara826-itstartedwithone.blogspot.com/2011/05/gnocchi-la-parisienne.html
http://sara826-itstartedwithone.blogspot.com/2011/04/gourgeres.html
http://sara826-itstartedwithone.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-is-little-coconut-between-friands.html
