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Sourdough
Apple Cake
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“Sourdough Apple Cake is an easy dessert made with sourdough discard. A perfect fall dessert, this cake is studded with diced apples, spiced rum, and a simple icing drizzle.”
- The Gingered Whisk
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Apples
Main Ingredient
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▢ 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted ▢ 3 baking apples, cored and diced ▢ 1/2 cup all purpose flour ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder ▢ 1/4 teaspoon sea salt ▢ 1/2 cup sourdough starter, 100% hydration, room temperature ▢ 3/4 cup brown sugar ▢ 2 eggs ▢ 1/4 cup spiced rum ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Sourdough Apple
Cake Recipe
Yield
12 Servings
Prep Time
15 minutes
Total Time
1 hour
10 minutes
Level
Easy
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1.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
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2.
Prepare a 8” round pan by coating it in butter. Place a parchment paper round in the bottom, and coat that in butter, too.
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3.
Melt the butter and set aside to cool for a few minutes.
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4.
Peel and dice the apples.
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5.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
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In a large mixing bowl, mix together the sourdough starter, eggs, brown sugar, melted butter, spiced rum, and vanilla extract.
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7.
Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until just barely combined.
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8.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and top with the diced apples.
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9.
Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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10.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan completely.
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11.
When cool, mix together the icing and drizzle over the cake.
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Enjoy!
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