You know you’re a dedicated Tuesdays with Dorie baker when you get off a 21 hour flight and you tell your mum “We need to bake a cake today so I can post about it tomorrow!” Thankfully, the Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi this week was a super easy one, and one I knew would appeal to both dad and mum, though I also knew we’d be minifying it (not needing a whole loaf for just three of us).
I was planning on making this in regular muffin tins for apple cupcakes but as soon as I saw mum’s pretty friand pans, I changed my mind. This is a simple cake recipe with cubes of sweet apple folded in to create a “substantial cake with a compact crumb.”
We halved the recipe to make six friand-size cakes which were perfect (if on the large side) single-serve desserts.
Dusted with icing sugar, they were simply perfect.
Though we did serve them with a dollop of thick cream and a few fresh raspberries.
Get the recipe for Dorie Greenspan’s Apple Weekend Cake (that’s totally do-able even after 21 hours of flying!) on page 14 of Baking Chez Moi.
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Wasn’t this delicious! And your friand sized cakes are so cute.
And they made the house smell nice too
Love the mini cakes! This really was delicious!
You are a trooper Mardi. I am glad you were able to make this cake or in your way little cakes. This was a delicious recipe.
i love these as friands– i’ll take one with my flat white! i bet your parents were delighted to have you step off the plane and bake for them! 🙂
They’re so pretty as friands and sound delicious with cream and raspberries.
These look fantastic mini sized! And they tasted so good too 🙂
Looks great. You are really dedicated :o)
They look perfect and perfectly delectable. Yum! I’m amazed by your ability to minify recipes. Good idea.