Tuesday, 22 February 2011

“Recipe: Huckleberry's Whole-Wheat Apple Butter Cake”

“Recipe: Huckleberry's Whole-Wheat Apple Butter Cake”

Recipe: Huckleberry's Whole-Wheat Apple Butter Cake

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST

Dear SOS: Help! The apple butter cake at Huckleberry in Santa Monica, Calif., is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten. I can't stop thinking about the taste. I would do anything for the recipe, including washing dishes there for the day. It's that good. — Jefferson Davis, Naples Island, Cailf.

Dear Jefferson: I love this cake. Huckleberry's apple butter cake incorporates almond meal and cornmeal with whole-wheat and all-purpose flours for a dense but wonderfully crumbly texture. Not too sweet, it's unabashedly rich, with no shortage of butter and a nice tang from generous apple chunks.

Huckleberry's Whole-Wheat Apple Butter Cake

Makes 16 to 20 servings

Cooked apples

2 tablespoons butter

1 1/2 pounds apples (about 3 large), peeled and cut into large chunks (about 4 cups)

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

Cake assembly

2 lightly packed cups (7 ounces) almond meal

1 cup (4.5 ounces) whole-wheat flour

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3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon (3.5 ounces) all-purpose flour

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon (2.5 ounces) cornmeal

2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

2 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 pound butter

2 1/4 cups (1 pound) sugar, plus 3 tablespoons, divided

8 eggs

2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Cooked apples

1. To cook the apples. In a large saute pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the apples, then the sugar and salt, tossing to coat. Cook, stirring often, until the apples are just softened, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat and spread out the apples on a rimmed baking sheet to stop the cooking process. Set aside to cool.

2. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-by-3-inch round cake pan and line bottom with parchment paper.

3. To make the cake. In a large bowl, sift together the almond meal, whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

4. In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the butter until softened. With the mixer going, beat in 1 pound sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until combined, then beat in the vanilla.

5. Beat in the dry ingredients, a spoonful at a time, just until incorporated. Be careful not to over-mix.

6. Fold in the cooked apples by hand. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake pan and sprinkle over the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar.

7. Bake the cake in the center of the oven until the cake is risen and a rich golden brown on top, springs back when touched, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 ½ hours. Check the cake after 1 hour; if it browns too quickly, loosely tent the top with a piece of foil.

8. Remove the pan to a rack. Cool for 15 minutes before removing the cake from the pan.

Adapted from Huckleberry Bakery & Cafe

Each of 20 servings: 434 calories; 7 grams protein; 45 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams fiber; 27 grams fat; 13 grams saturated fat; 136 mg cholesterol; 31 grams sugar; 406 mg sodium.

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