Name: Potato-Apple Cake
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; Milk for brushing; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon ground ginger; 6 large cooking apples, peeled, cored, and sliced; 1 cup all-purpose flour (more as needed); 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 tablespoons butter; 4 medium Idaho potatoes; Pinch of nutmeg (optional); sugar for garnish; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; ¼ cup light brown sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Real Irish Food

By David Bowers

Published 2014

About

A favorite autumn dish, Potato-Apple Cake dates back at least to the 18th century. It is made by encasing sweetened apples in a rich potato pastry, and it’s a warm dessert for a typically cold, blustery night in Ireland in October or November. In fact, the dense, filling texture means that Potato-Apple Cake makes an excellent harvest supper on its own, served with mugs of mulled cider and glasses of milk.