Showing posts with label Apples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apples. Show all posts

9.21.2011

Apple-Pie Cake

Today is a special day, my sweet baby's second birthday. For her birthday instead of a cake I came across this recipe for Apple-Pie Cake and had to make it. We just went to an apple festival and came home with bags of apples so this was the perfect use for them.










 Happy Birthday Lexi!









9.18.2011

Pancake Sunday 9.18

Apple Crumble
Pancakes

Yesterday, we went to a small local apple festival and brought home quite a few apples, so it's no surprise we're having apple pancakes today! I've made apple-raisin pancakes in the past so was trying to steer away from recipes similar to that and thought an apple streusel type pancake would be good. Turns out,  I didn't have the ingredients to make a streusel topping but I did have the ingredients to create a crumb topping, so that's what I did! I found the recipe here and, like usual, I changed it up with the ingredients I had on hand.

Spartan apples
Firm, white flesh that's not too sweet
Apples, butter, sugar, cinnamon, and a touch of water
Charlotte was all over the kitchen today! I barely had to do anything! I cut the apples and flipped the pancakes and she pretty much did everything else, from measuring ingredients to stirring the apples. She is a natural in the kitchen!


The ingredients stirred up before cooking
Letting the apples simmer
After cooking for at least 30 minutes


We added quite a few spices to our batter to make it extra fall-ish tasting, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, yum, I love the taste of fall!

Our crumble topping: butter, flour, sugar
The recipe called for the crumble to be sprinkled on top of the apple compote but I wanted it to melt into the pancakes so I sprinkled it on top before flipping. Like expected, the butter melted and the sugar created a delicious crispy crust. Perfect for soaking the apple compote juices into!


These pancakes were super delicious!

Mmmmmm, the taste of fall!