Brown butter apple cake

A simple loaf where the browned butter does all the work.

Ingredients

• 150 g butter
• 150 g light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 200 g plain flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of salt
• 100 ml milk
• 2 apples, peeled and diced

Method

1. Melt the butter in a small pan and keep cooking until it smells nutty and the solids turn brown. Cool for 10 minutes.
2. Heat the oven to 175 °C and line a loaf tin. Whisk the sugar into the butter, then the eggs one by one.
3. Fold in flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt, alternating with the milk.
4. Stir in the apples, pour into the tin and bake for 50–55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
5. Leave in the tin for 15 minutes, then cool on a rack.

Notes

Pears work just as well. The cake stays moist for three days wrapped in paper.

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